Bakers Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,147 people in Bakers Hill of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Bakers Hill was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.6% of the population.

Of people in Bakers Hill aged 15 years and over, 59.2% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bakers Hill was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Bakers Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bakers Hill was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Bakers Hill 25.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.0% were in primary school, 15.5% in secondary school and 8.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bakers Hill were English 36.8%, Australian 31.0%, Scottish 8.5%, Irish 6.7% and German 2.1%.

In Bakers Hill, 74.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.7%, New Zealand 4.2%, Netherlands 1.0%, Scotland 0.9% and Germany 0.6%.

In Bakers Hill, 56.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bakers Hill were No Religion 31.2%, Anglican 27.2%, Catholic 13.9%, Uniting Church 5.2% and Christian, nfd 3.1%.

In Bakers Hill 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 1.0%, German 0.3%, Afrikaans 0.3%, Italian 0.3% and Malay 0.3%.

Employment

There were 547 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bakers Hill. Of these 60.1% were employed full time, 25.8% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bakers Hill, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bakers Hill was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Bakers Hill included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Managers 15.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.9%, Professionals 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Labourers 9.3% and Sales Workers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Bakers Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.2%, Public Order and Safety Services 6.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.8%, Metal Ore Mining 4.4% and School Education 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bakers Hill was $511.

In Bakers Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.2%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Truck 2.7%, Walked only 2.7% and Bus 2.5%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bakers Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.7% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.1% 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 Bakers Hill, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bakers Hill, 34.4% were couple families with children, 54.2% were couple families without children and 10.5% were one parent families.

In Bakers Hill 13.5% of single parents were male and 86.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bakers Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,922 and those without children was $1,803.

Employment status of couple families

In Bakers Hill, of couple families with children, 19.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 16.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bakers Hill, 83.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bakers Hill, 99.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Bakers Hill, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 10.2% had 2 bedrooms and 43.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bakers Hill, 38.1% were owned outright, 46.6% were owned with a mortgage and 13.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Bakers Hill, of all households, 77.1% were family households, 20.5% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Bakers Hill, 26.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% 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 Bakers Hill, 21.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bakers Hill, there were 27 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 66.7%) were male and 9 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Bakers Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Bakers Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,700.