Bungunya

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 189 people in Bungunya of these 54.0% were male and 46.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Bungunya was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.4% of the population.

Of people in Bungunya aged 15 years and over, 61.6% were married and 3.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bungunya was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Bungunya, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bungunya was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 25 years.

In Bungunya 21.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.5% were in primary school, 21.4% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bungunya were Australian 38.5%, English 24.6%, Scottish 11.2%, Irish 11.2% and German 3.1%.

In Bungunya, 89.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Canada 1.6%, England 1.6%, South Africa 1.6% and Thailand 1.6%.

In Bungunya, 87.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bungunya were Catholic 29.3%, Anglican 27.1%, No Religion 13.3%, Uniting Church 12.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.4%.

In Bungunya 94.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 2.1% and Thai 1.6%.

Employment

There were 107 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bungunya. Of these 74.8% were employed full time, 15.0% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bungunya, 5.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 74.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bungunya was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Bungunya were Managers 61.2%, Labourers 17.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9%, Professionals 2.9% and Sales Workers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Bungunya, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 66.0%, School Education 9.7%, Other Crop Growing 2.9%, Other Livestock Farming 2.9% and Agricultural Product Wholesaling 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bungunya was $542.

In Bungunya, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 30.8%, Walked only 21.2%, Other 3.8% and Car, as passenger 2.9%. 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 34.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bungunya, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.7% provided care for children and 6.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.3% 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 Bungunya, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bungunya, 52.2% were couple families with children, 41.3% were couple families without children and 6.5% were one parent families.

In Bungunya 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bungunya, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,849 and those without children was $1,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Bungunya, of couple families with children, 34.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 29.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bungunya, 82.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bungunya, 91.9% were separate houses, 4.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.1% were other dwellings.

In Bungunya, of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 15.5% had 2 bedrooms and 31.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bungunya, 28.8% were owned outright, 19.2% were owned with a mortgage and 38.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Bungunya, of all households, 63.9% were family households, 31.9% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Bungunya, 29.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.9% 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 Bungunya, 32.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bungunya, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 39 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 Bungunya, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Bungunya, 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.