Bibra Lake

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,954 people in Bibra Lake of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Bibra Lake was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.3% of the population.

Of people in Bibra Lake aged 15 years and over, 52.9% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bibra Lake was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Bibra Lake, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bibra Lake was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Bibra Lake 29.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.6% were in primary school, 21.7% in secondary school and 25.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bibra Lake were English 29.4%, Australian 25.7%, Scottish 7.5%, Italian 6.1% and Irish 5.9%.

In Bibra Lake, 67.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.0%, New Zealand 2.5%, South Africa 1.3%, Singapore 1.3% and Scotland 1.2%.

In Bibra Lake, 44.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 39.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bibra Lake were Catholic 30.8%, No Religion 24.4%, Anglican 18.7%, Christian, nfd 3.5% and Uniting Church 3.2%.

In Bibra Lake 84.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.6%, Mandarin 1.2%, Portuguese 1.1%, Spanish 1.0% and Cantonese 0.9%.

Employment

There were 3,333 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bibra Lake. Of these 60.0% were employed full time, 29.3% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bibra Lake, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bibra Lake was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Bibra Lake included Professionals 20.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.5%, Managers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Labourers 7.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Bibra Lake, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.0%, Hospitals 4.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Tertiary Education 2.6% and Building Installation Services 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bibra Lake was $694.

In Bibra Lake, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.0%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Train 2.3%, Train, car as driver 2.0% and Bus 1.9%. On the day, 9.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bibra Lake, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% 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 Bibra Lake, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bibra Lake, 48.3% were couple families with children, 36.7% were couple families without children and 13.2% were one parent families.

In Bibra Lake 14.2% of single parents were male and 85.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bibra Lake, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,693 and those without children was $2,318.

Employment status of couple families

In Bibra Lake, of couple families with children, 21.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 27.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bibra Lake, 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bibra Lake, 93.9% were separate houses, 4.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Bibra Lake, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 9.3% had 2 bedrooms and 25.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bibra Lake, 37.2% were owned outright, 45.7% were owned with a mortgage and 14.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Bibra Lake, of all households, 74.6% were family households, 22.8% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Bibra Lake, 22.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.6% 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 Bibra Lake, 28.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bibra Lake, there were 85 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 43 (or 50.6%) were male and 42 (or 49.4%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Bibra Lake, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,650.

In Bibra Lake, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $279 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $800.