Bonnie Doon (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 321 people in Bonnie Doon (Qld) of these 55.1% were male and 44.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Bonnie Doon (Qld) was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.5% of the population.

Of people in Bonnie Doon (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 49.4% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bonnie Doon (Qld) was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Bonnie Doon (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 48.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bonnie Doon (Qld) was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Bonnie Doon (Qld) 22.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.0% were in primary school, 21.1% in secondary school and 12.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bonnie Doon (Qld) were Australian 34.2%, English 23.9%, Italian 11.6%, Irish 7.5% and German 4.4%.

In Bonnie Doon (Qld), 81.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.6%, England 1.9%, Italy 1.9%, Denmark 0.9% and Indonesia 0.9%.

In Bonnie Doon (Qld), 63.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bonnie Doon (Qld) were No Religion 33.5%, Catholic 30.7%, Anglican 14.3%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In Bonnie Doon (Qld) 85.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 4.0%, Kuku Yalanji 2.8%, Bisaya 1.2%, German 0.9% and Hungarian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 189 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bonnie Doon (Qld). Of these 61.4% were employed full time, 25.9% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bonnie Doon (Qld), 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bonnie Doon (Qld) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Bonnie Doon (Qld) included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 19.1%, Managers 15.2%, Labourers 11.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0%, Professionals 7.9% and Sales Workers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Bonnie Doon (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 9.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 8.0%, Scenic and Sightseeing Transport 5.7%, School Education 5.7% and Other Crop Growing 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bonnie Doon (Qld) was $645.

In Bonnie Doon (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.8%, Walked only 12.4%, Car, as passenger 2.8%, Truck 2.3% and Other 2.3%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bonnie Doon (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 78.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.1% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Bonnie Doon (Qld), 31.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bonnie Doon (Qld), 53.4% were couple families with children, 37.5% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Bonnie Doon (Qld) 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bonnie Doon (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,791 and those without children was $1,535.

Employment status of couple families

In Bonnie Doon (Qld), of couple families with children, 25.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 27.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bonnie Doon (Qld), 86.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bonnie Doon (Qld), 83.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.6% were flats, units or apartments and 3.2% were other dwellings.

In Bonnie Doon (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 21.0% had 2 bedrooms and 48.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bonnie Doon (Qld), 18.3% were owned outright, 39.7% were owned with a mortgage and 37.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Bonnie Doon (Qld), of all households, 69.1% were family households, 26.8% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Bonnie Doon (Qld), 25.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.6% 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 Bonnie Doon (Qld), 36.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bonnie Doon (Qld), there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 61.5%) were male and 10 (or 38.5%) were female. The median age was 3 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 Bonnie Doon (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Bonnie Doon (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,203.