Bundaberg West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,529 people in Bundaberg West of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Bundaberg West was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.3% of the population.

Of people in Bundaberg West aged 15 years and over, 35.4% were married and 19.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bundaberg West was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Bundaberg West, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bundaberg West was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Bundaberg West 25.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.5% were in primary school, 19.3% in secondary school and 19.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bundaberg West were Australian 28.7%, English 28.5%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 6.7% and German 5.7%.

In Bundaberg West, 77.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, New Zealand 2.3%, Philippines 1.1%, India 0.8% and Nepal 0.6%.

In Bundaberg West, 69.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bundaberg West were No Religion 21.9%, Catholic 20.2%, Anglican 18.8%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Lutheran 3.0%.

In Bundaberg West 86.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 0.7%, Italian 0.6%, Tagalog 0.6%, Mandarin 0.6% and Nepali 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,065 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bundaberg West. Of these 49.1% were employed full time, 29.0% were employed part-time and 14.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bundaberg West, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.3% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Bundaberg West included Professionals 21.0%, Labourers 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Managers 9.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Bundaberg West, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.7%, Hospitals 6.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.2%, Accommodation 3.7% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bundaberg West was $390.

In Bundaberg West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.2%, Car, as passenger 11.1%, Walked only 10.2%, Bicycle 2.5% and Bus 0.9%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bundaberg West, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.8% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.8% 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 Bundaberg West, 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bundaberg West, 30.2% were couple families with children, 43.6% were couple families without children and 24.6% were one parent families.

In Bundaberg West 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bundaberg West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,903 and those without children was $1,419.

Employment status of couple families

In Bundaberg West, of couple families with children, 16.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 13.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bundaberg West, 90.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bundaberg West, 46.0% were separate houses, 18.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 32.3% were flats, units or apartments and 3.1% were other dwellings.

In Bundaberg West, of occupied private dwellings 13.0% had 1 bedroom, 36.6% had 2 bedrooms and 33.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bundaberg West, 19.7% were owned outright, 14.9% were owned with a mortgage and 61.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Bundaberg West, of all households, 51.5% were family households, 43.3% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Bundaberg West, 47.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Bundaberg West, 46.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 21.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bundaberg West, there were 134 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 64 (or 47.8%) were male and 70 (or 52.2%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Bundaberg West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Bundaberg West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,217.