Bowenville

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 362 people in Bowenville of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Bowenville was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in Bowenville aged 15 years and over, 59.1% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bowenville was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Bowenville, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bowenville was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Bowenville 37.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.0% were in primary school, 18.4% in secondary school and 3.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bowenville were Australian 31.9%, English 21.8%, Irish 10.5%, German 8.6% and Scottish 7.2%.

In Bowenville, 82.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Netherlands 0.8%, New Zealand 0.8%, Philippines 0.8%, Scotland 0.8% and South Africa 0.8%.

In Bowenville, 88.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bowenville were Catholic 25.1%, Anglican 18.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 12.7%, No Religion 6.9% and Uniting Church 6.9%.

In Bowenville 85.6% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 179 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bowenville. Of these 67.6% were employed full time, 20.1% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bowenville, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.2% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Bowenville included Managers 37.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.4%, Labourers 10.3%, Professionals 9.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7%, Sales Workers 6.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in Bowenville, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 34.7%, Road Freight Transport 8.1%, Other Crop Growing 4.6%, School Education 3.5% and Electrical and Electronic Goods Retailing 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bowenville was $565.

In Bowenville, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 52.3%, Walked only 7.0%, Car, as passenger 5.2% and Truck 2.3%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bowenville, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.2% provided care for children and 6.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.3% 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 Bowenville, 18.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bowenville, 55.4% were couple families with children, 32.5% were couple families without children and 12.0% were one parent families.

In Bowenville 60.0% of single parents were male and 40.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bowenville, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,542 and those without children was $1,785.

Employment status of couple families

In Bowenville, of couple families with children, 32.9% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 22.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bowenville, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bowenville, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bowenville, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 3.8% had 2 bedrooms and 44.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bowenville, 31.8% were owned outright, 28.0% were owned with a mortgage and 34.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Bowenville, of all households, 77.4% were family households, 19.8% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Bowenville, 14.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.2% 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 Bowenville, 22.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bowenville, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 51 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 Bowenville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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