Bluewater Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 903 people in Bluewater Park of these 52.3% were male and 47.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Bluewater Park was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.8% of the population.

Of people in Bluewater Park aged 15 years and over, 54.6% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bluewater Park was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Bluewater Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bluewater Park was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Bluewater Park 32.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.7% were in primary school, 20.9% in secondary school and 14.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bluewater Park were Australian 32.1%, English 26.9%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 7.0% and German 4.7%.

In Bluewater Park, 75.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.3%, New Zealand 2.4%, Germany 1.0%, Scotland 0.7% and Philippines 0.6%.

In Bluewater Park, 70.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bluewater Park were No Religion 27.3%, Catholic 24.6%, Anglican 20.4%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Christian, nfd 2.9%.

In Bluewater Park 87.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.0%, Dutch 0.3%, Danish 0.3%, Czech 0.3% and Polish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 470 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bluewater Park. Of these 65.3% were employed full time, 23.2% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bluewater Park, 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bluewater Park was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Bluewater Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Labourers 12.6%, Professionals 11.0%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1% and Managers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Bluewater Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Hospitals 4.0%, School Education 3.4% and Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bluewater Park was $725.

In Bluewater Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.3%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Motorbike/scooter 2.0%, Bus 1.3% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bluewater Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.1% provided care for children and 8.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.7% 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 Bluewater Park, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bluewater Park, 53.6% were couple families with children, 36.6% were couple families without children and 9.8% were one parent families.

In Bluewater Park 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bluewater Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,536 and those without children was $1,821.

Employment status of couple families

In Bluewater Park, of couple families with children, 25.7% had both partners employed full-time, 1.4% had both employed part-time and 24.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bluewater Park, 91.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bluewater Park, 98.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bluewater Park, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 4.9% had 2 bedrooms and 52.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bluewater Park, 19.5% were owned outright, 70.8% were owned with a mortgage and 8.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Bluewater Park, of all households, 86.8% were family households, 10.6% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Bluewater Park, 16.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.7% 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 Bluewater Park, 23.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bluewater Park, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 46.7%) were male and 16 (or 53.3%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Bluewater Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Bluewater Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $6,457.