Bouvard

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 821 people in Bouvard of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Bouvard was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.6% of the population.

Of people in Bouvard aged 15 years and over, 54.1% were married and 15.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bouvard was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Bouvard, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bouvard was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Bouvard 26.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.6% were in primary school, 18.8% in secondary school and 12.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bouvard were English 36.6%, Australian 27.2%, Scottish 8.9%, Irish 5.4% and Dutch 2.5%.

In Bouvard, 65.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 13.3%, New Zealand 3.3%, Scotland 2.6%, Netherlands 1.0% and South Africa 1.0%.

In Bouvard, 52.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bouvard were Anglican 27.3%, No Religion 25.2%, Catholic 22.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3% and Christian, nfd 3.0%.

In Bouvard 89.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 0.7%, German 0.4%, Afrikaans 0.4%, Italian 0.4% and Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described 0.4%.

Employment

There were 345 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bouvard. Of these 51.0% were employed full time, 32.2% were employed part-time and 9.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bouvard, 14.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bouvard was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Bouvard included Technicians and Trades Workers 27.8%, Professionals 14.8%, Labourers 14.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Managers 7.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Bouvard, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Completion Services 6.3%, School Education 5.7%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5% and Metal Ore Mining 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bouvard was $474.

In Bouvard, 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 7.3%, Walked only 4.1%, Train 1.3% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 6.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bouvard, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.3% provided care for children and 7.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.1% 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 Bouvard, 19.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bouvard, 34.6% were couple families with children, 50.9% were couple families without children and 14.5% were one parent families.

In Bouvard 22.6% of single parents were male and 77.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bouvard, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,542 and those without children was $2,449.

Employment status of couple families

In Bouvard, of couple families with children, 11.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 18.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bouvard, 70.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bouvard, 83.1% were separate houses, 11.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.2% were flats, units or apartments and 3.4% were other dwellings.

In Bouvard, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 18.2% had 2 bedrooms and 33.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bouvard, 49.1% were owned outright, 31.9% were owned with a mortgage and 16.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Bouvard, of all households, 71.1% were family households, 25.8% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Bouvard, 31.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.4% 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 Bouvard, 35.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bouvard, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 70.0%) were male and 3 (or 30.0%) were female. The median age was 6 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 Bouvard, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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