Buckland Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 277 people in Buckland Park of these 52.3% were male and 47.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Buckland Park was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.0% of the population.

Of people in Buckland Park aged 15 years and over, 50.5% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Buckland Park was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Buckland Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Buckland Park was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Buckland Park 31.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.9% were in primary school, 21.4% in secondary school and 8.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Buckland Park were English 21.7%, Australian 18.9%, Italian 14.9%, Vietnamese 9.9% and Khmer (Cambodian) 5.9%.

In Buckland Park, 67.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 11.4%, England 4.4%, Italy 3.3%, Cambodia 2.9% and Romania 1.8%.

In Buckland Park, 41.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 47.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Buckland Park were Catholic 26.2%, No Religion 14.2%, Buddhism 13.1%, Eastern Orthodox 9.1% and Anglican 8.7%.

In Buckland Park 61.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 12.0%, Italian 4.7%, Serbian 4.4%, Khmer 3.3% and Greek 2.6%.

Employment

There were 127 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Buckland Park. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Buckland Park, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Buckland Park was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Buckland Park included Managers 27.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Professionals 8.9%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Labourers 6.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Buckland Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 17.2%, Building Installation Services 4.9%, Road Freight Transport 4.1%, Medical Services 4.1% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Buckland Park was $395.

In Buckland Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.3%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Bus, car as passenger 3.3%, Walked only 3.3% and Truck 2.4%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Buckland Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.3% provided care for children and 20.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.9% 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 Buckland Park, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Buckland Park, 56.6% were couple families with children, 28.9% were couple families without children and 14.5% were one parent families.

In Buckland Park 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Buckland Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $939.

Employment status of couple families

In Buckland Park, of couple families with children, 14.9% had both partners employed full-time, 13.4% had both employed part-time and 20.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Buckland Park, 86.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Buckland Park, 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 Buckland Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 3.5% had 2 bedrooms and 53.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Buckland Park, 34.1% were owned outright, 48.2% were owned with a mortgage and 14.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Buckland Park, of all households, 83.7% were family households, 12.8% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Buckland Park, 24.4% 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 Buckland Park, 20.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Buckland Park, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Buckland Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Buckland 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 $1,625.