Bollon

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 334 people in Bollon of these 55.7% were male and 44.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 16.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Bollon was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.0% of the population.

Of people in Bollon aged 15 years and over, 50.9% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bollon was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Bollon, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.5% 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 Bollon was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Bollon 17.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.1% were in primary school, 5.2% in secondary school and 10.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bollon were Australian 41.9%, English 26.1%, Scottish 9.8%, Irish 8.2% and German 5.0%.

In Bollon, 91.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Denmark 0.9%, Finland 0.9%, Japan 0.9%, South Africa 0.9% and Switzerland 0.9%.

In Bollon, 91.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bollon were Anglican 32.9%, Catholic 25.5%, No Religion 13.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.8% and Uniting Church 5.3%.

In Bollon 92.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.9%, Danish 0.9% and Finnish 0.9%.

Employment

There were 198 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bollon. Of these 70.2% were employed full time, 20.2% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bollon, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 63.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bollon was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Bollon were Managers 38.7%, Labourers 23.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.7%, Professionals 7.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Bollon, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 41.6%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 11.6%, School Education 5.8%, Hunting and Trapping 4.2% and Other Crop Growing 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bollon was $434.

In Bollon, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 36.3%, Walked only 11.6%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Motorbike/scooter 4.7% and Bus 4.2%. On the day, 4.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 41.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bollon, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.9% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.0% 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 Bollon, 19.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bollon, 40.2% were couple families with children, 46.7% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In Bollon 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bollon, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,133 and those without children was $979.

Employment status of couple families

In Bollon, of couple families with children, 41.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 13.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bollon, 69.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bollon, 88.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 6.8% were other dwellings.

In Bollon, of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 19.8% had 2 bedrooms and 37.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bollon, 48.7% were owned outright, 15.1% were owned with a mortgage and 30.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Bollon, of all households, 71.2% were family households, 24.6% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Bollon, 30.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Bollon, 26.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bollon, there were 57 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 34 (or 59.6%) were male and 23 (or 40.4%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Bollon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,166.

In Bollon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $110 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $650.