Bloomsbury

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 594 people in Bloomsbury of these 52.9% were male and 47.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Bloomsbury was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.7% of the population.

Of people in Bloomsbury aged 15 years and over, 49.0% were married and 17.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bloomsbury was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Bloomsbury, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bloomsbury was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Bloomsbury 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.9% were in primary school, 19.4% in secondary school and 7.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bloomsbury were Australian 31.4%, English 28.3%, Scottish 9.2%, Irish 6.8% and German 5.4%.

In Bloomsbury, 82.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, New Zealand 2.7%, Germany 1.0%, France 0.8% and Philippines 0.7%.

In Bloomsbury, 78.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bloomsbury were Anglican 25.2%, Catholic 21.5%, No Religion 20.0%, Uniting Church 11.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Bloomsbury 91.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.8%, French 0.7% and Tagalog 0.5%.

Employment

There were 251 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bloomsbury. Of these 63.7% were employed full time, 25.9% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bloomsbury, 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bloomsbury was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Bloomsbury included Machinery Operators And Drivers 21.5%, Managers 16.1%, Labourers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Professionals 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.5% and Sales Workers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Bloomsbury, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 13.3%, Other Crop Growing 12.5%, Accommodation 7.1%, Fuel Retailing 5.0% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bloomsbury was $468.

In Bloomsbury, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.6%, Car, as passenger 7.8%, Walked only 4.1%, Truck 3.7% and Bus 1.2%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bloomsbury, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.0% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.9% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Bloomsbury, 22.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bloomsbury, 40.1% were couple families with children, 42.5% were couple families without children and 17.4% were one parent families.

In Bloomsbury 22.6% of single parents were male and 77.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bloomsbury, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Bloomsbury, of couple families with children, 17.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 18.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bloomsbury, 78.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bloomsbury, 84.0% were separate houses, 2.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.9% were flats, units or apartments and 11.3% were other dwellings.

In Bloomsbury, of occupied private dwellings 10.8% had 1 bedroom, 23.1% had 2 bedrooms and 34.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bloomsbury, 37.1% were owned outright, 37.1% were owned with a mortgage and 18.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Bloomsbury, of all households, 76.6% were family households, 20.6% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Bloomsbury, 39.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.8% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Bloomsbury, 29.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bloomsbury, there were 42 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 40.5%) were male and 25 (or 59.5%) were female. The median age was 32 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Bloomsbury, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.8 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Bloomsbury, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,192.