Bedford Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,837 people in Bedford Park of these 44.9% were male and 55.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Bedford Park was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.7% of the population.

Of people in Bedford Park aged 15 years and over, 36.9% were married and 5.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bedford Park was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Bedford Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bedford Park was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Bedford Park 55.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 7.6% were in primary school, 5.7% in secondary school and 71.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bedford Park were Australian 17.8%, English 17.5%, Chinese 9.9%, Scottish 5.6% and Irish 4.9%.

In Bedford Park, 48.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.8%, Indonesia 5.5%, India 4.7%, Singapore 2.4% and England 2.4%.

In Bedford Park, 34.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 55.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bedford Park were No Religion 29.2%, Catholic 16.1%, Islam 8.4%, Anglican 6.6% and Buddhism 5.7%.

In Bedford Park 53.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 8.3%, Indonesian 5.6%, Greek 2.8%, Cantonese 2.3% and Arabic 1.6%.

Employment

There were 805 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bedford Park. Of these 37.8% were employed full time, 40.2% were employed part-time and 15.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bedford Park, 24.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 26.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bedford Park was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 28 years.

The most common occupations in Bedford Park included Professionals 26.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.8%, Labourers 14.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.1%, Managers 7.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Bedford Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 13.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.5%, Tertiary Education 6.1%, Residential Care Services 3.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bedford Park was $314.

In Bedford Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 42.2%, Walked only 12.7%, Bus 10.1%, Car, as passenger 5.0% and Other 1.8%. On the day, 11.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 46.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bedford Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.2% provided care for children and 7.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.9% 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 Bedford Park, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bedford Park, 41.2% were couple families with children, 47.2% were couple families without children and 10.4% were one parent families.

In Bedford Park 16.1% of single parents were male and 83.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bedford Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,600.

Employment status of couple families

In Bedford Park, of couple families with children, 14.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 16.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bedford Park, 92.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bedford Park, 72.2% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 25.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bedford Park, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 28.2% had 2 bedrooms and 48.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bedford Park, 29.8% were owned outright, 24.2% were owned with a mortgage and 42.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Bedford Park, of all households, 61.1% were family households, 26.5% were single person households and 12.5% were group households.

In Bedford Park, 30.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.8% 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 Bedford Park, 42.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bedford Park, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 42.9%) were male and 8 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Bedford Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,483.

In Bedford Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,582.