Bohle Plains

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,200 people in Bohle Plains of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Bohle Plains was 26 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 31.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.1% of the population.

Of people in Bohle Plains aged 15 years and over, 55.5% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bohle Plains was 37 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Bohle Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bohle Plains was 37 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 26 years.

In Bohle Plains 34.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.3% were in primary school, 15.7% in secondary school and 19.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bohle Plains were Australian 34.4%, English 29.7%, Irish 7.4%, Scottish 6.0% and German 4.5%.

In Bohle Plains, 83.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, New Zealand 2.3%, India 1.1%, South Africa 1.1% and Zimbabwe 0.5%.

In Bohle Plains, 72.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bohle Plains were Catholic 31.6%, No Religion 22.3%, Anglican 20.8%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Bohle Plains 91.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Malayalam 0.9%, Afrikaans 0.5%, Italian 0.4%, Spanish 0.3% and German 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,136 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bohle Plains. Of these 68.0% were employed full time, 21.8% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bohle Plains, 7.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bohle Plains was 33 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in Bohle Plains included Community and Personal Service Workers 16.8%, Professionals 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Managers 10.8%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7% and Labourers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Bohle Plains, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 21.6%, Hospitals 5.4%, School Education 3.7%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.6% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bohle Plains was $845.

In Bohle Plains, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.7%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Walked only 1.6%, Motorbike/scooter 1.4% and Bicycle 1.2%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bohle Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.9% provided care for children and 7.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.4% 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 Bohle Plains, 30.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bohle Plains, 54.2% were couple families with children, 36.3% were couple families without children and 8.4% were one parent families.

In Bohle Plains 32.1% of single parents were male and 67.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bohle Plains, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,342 and those without children was $2,092.

Employment status of couple families

In Bohle Plains, of couple families with children, 28.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 15.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bohle Plains, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bohle Plains, 92.6% were separate houses, 0.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.6% were other dwellings.

In Bohle Plains, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 1.8% had 2 bedrooms and 19.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bohle Plains, 12.8% were owned outright, 31.5% were owned with a mortgage and 54.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Bohle Plains, of all households, 87.1% were family households, 10.1% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Bohle Plains, 10.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.7% 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 Bohle Plains, 26.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 55.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bohle Plains, there were 60 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 35 (or 58.3%) were male and 25 (or 41.7%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Bohle Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,071.

In Bohle Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,250.