Bugle Ranges

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 244 people in Bugle Ranges of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Bugle Ranges was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.6% of the population.

Of people in Bugle Ranges aged 15 years and over, 53.1% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bugle Ranges was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Bugle Ranges, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bugle Ranges was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Bugle Ranges 24.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.0% were in primary school, 27.4% in secondary school and 32.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bugle Ranges were English 34.7%, Australian 30.0%, German 9.4%, Scottish 7.8% and Irish 6.6%.

In Bugle Ranges, 80.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.1%, New Zealand 2.0%, Northern Ireland 2.0%, Germany 1.6% and Poland 1.6%.

In Bugle Ranges, 71.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bugle Ranges were No Religion 32.7%, Catholic 15.1%, Anglican 13.9%, Uniting Church 13.1% and Lutheran 5.7%.

In Bugle Ranges 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.6%, Polish 1.2%, Indonesian 1.2% and Japanese 1.2%.

Employment

There were 151 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bugle Ranges. Of these 57.0% were employed full time, 36.4% were employed part-time and 2.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bugle Ranges, 20.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bugle Ranges was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Bugle Ranges included Professionals 25.0%, Managers 16.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Labourers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Sales Workers 7.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Bugle Ranges, the most common responses for industry of employment included Newspaper, Periodical, Book and Directory Publishing 7.4%, Legal and Accounting Services 6.0%, Road Freight Transport 5.4%, School Education 5.4% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bugle Ranges was $577.

In Bugle Ranges, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Truck 3.3%, Bus 2.0%, Car, as passenger 2.0% and Walked only 2.0%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bugle Ranges, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.3% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.7% 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 Bugle Ranges, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bugle Ranges, 40.5% were couple families with children, 47.6% were couple families without children and 11.9% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Bugle Ranges, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,166 and those without children was $2,187.

Employment status of couple families

In Bugle Ranges, of couple families with children, 21.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 21.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Bugle Ranges, 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 Bugle Ranges, of occupied private dwellings 5.4% had 1 bedroom, 14.1% had 2 bedrooms and 41.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bugle Ranges, 42.4% were owned outright, 38.0% were owned with a mortgage and 14.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Bugle Ranges, of all households, 85.9% were family households, 8.7% were single person households and 5.4% were group households.

In Bugle Ranges, 17.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.3% 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 Bugle Ranges, 17.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bugle Ranges, 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 Bugle Ranges, 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 $1,375.

In Bugle Ranges, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $365 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.