Bungalow

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,165 people in Bungalow of these 53.7% were male and 46.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 14.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Bungalow was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.7% of the population.

Of people in Bungalow aged 15 years and over, 23.6% were married and 17.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bungalow was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Bungalow, of people aged 15 years and over, 23.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bungalow was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Bungalow 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 10.4% were in primary school, 8.9% in secondary school and 18.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bungalow were Australian 22.8%, English 22.0%, Irish 7.7%, Scottish 5.8% and German 3.0%.

In Bungalow, 61.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.8%, Philippines 2.8%, Japan 2.5%, England 2.4% and Korea, Republic of (South) 1.6%.

In Bungalow, 55.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bungalow were No Religion 25.1%, Catholic 20.5%, Anglican 13.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3% and Buddhism 3.2%.

In Bungalow 69.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 2.4%, Korean 1.6%, Mandarin 1.3%, Tagalog 1.1% and Filipino 0.9%.

Employment

There were 1,068 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bungalow. Of these 56.9% were employed full time, 26.0% were employed part-time and 10.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bungalow, 6.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bungalow was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Bungalow included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.3%, Professionals 12.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Labourers 11.9%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Managers 10.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Bungalow, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 8.5%, Accommodation 5.5%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 2.6%, Scenic and Sightseeing Transport 2.6% and Hospitals 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bungalow was $516.

In Bungalow, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.9%, Walked only 9.2%, Bicycle 8.7%, Car, as passenger 6.9% and Bus 1.9%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bungalow, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 15.7% provided care for children and 6.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.2% 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 Bungalow, 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bungalow, 25.5% were couple families with children, 43.5% were couple families without children and 28.2% were one parent families.

In Bungalow 28.0% of single parents were male and 72.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bungalow, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,640 and those without children was $1,590.

Employment status of couple families

In Bungalow, of couple families with children, 21.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 17.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bungalow, 88.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bungalow, 42.1% were separate houses, 17.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 38.5% were flats, units or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

In Bungalow, of occupied private dwellings 20.1% had 1 bedroom, 43.1% had 2 bedrooms and 23.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bungalow, 15.1% were owned outright, 20.1% were owned with a mortgage and 59.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Bungalow, of all households, 44.5% were family households, 46.0% were single person households and 9.5% were group households.

In Bungalow, 37.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.9% 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 Bungalow, 44.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 19.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bungalow, there were 317 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 161 (or 50.8%) were male and 156 (or 49.2%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Bungalow, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $594.

In Bungalow, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $800.