Bulgarra

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,455 people in Bulgarra of these 58.9% were male and 41.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Bulgarra was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.1% of the population.

Of people in Bulgarra aged 15 years and over, 41.4% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bulgarra was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Bulgarra, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bulgarra was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Bulgarra 32.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.7% were in primary school, 11.5% in secondary school and 8.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bulgarra were Australian 28.8%, English 23.8%, Scottish 6.0%, Irish 5.7% and German 2.3%.

In Bulgarra, 62.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.9%, England 2.9%, Philippines 2.6%, India 0.7% and South Africa 0.6%.

In Bulgarra, 56.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bulgarra were No Religion 27.3%, Catholic 22.0%, Anglican 14.8%, Uniting Church 2.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.7%.

In Bulgarra 73.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.1%, Filipino 1.0%, Hindi 0.6%, Thai 0.4% and Mandarin 0.4%.

Employment

There were 2,041 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bulgarra. Of these 77.5% were employed full time, 14.1% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bulgarra, 5.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 72.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bulgarra was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Bulgarra included Technicians and Trades Workers 31.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Labourers 12.6%, Professionals 7.8%, Sales Workers 6.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3% and Managers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Bulgarra, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 15.9%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 7.5%, Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying 3.9%, Building Installation Services 2.8% and Road Freight Transport 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bulgarra was $1,533.

In Bulgarra, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.6%, Bus 10.7%, Car, as passenger 9.3%, Walked only 4.6% and Taxi 1.3%. On the day, 11.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bulgarra, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.5% provided care for children and 4.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.8% 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 Bulgarra, 21.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bulgarra, 51.9% were couple families with children, 36.1% were couple families without children and 9.8% were one parent families.

In Bulgarra 34.8% of single parents were male and 65.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bulgarra, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,372 and those without children was $3,385.

Employment status of couple families

In Bulgarra, of couple families with children, 38.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.8% had both employed part-time and 23.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bulgarra, 87.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bulgarra, 81.9% were separate houses, 13.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Bulgarra, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 7.3% had 2 bedrooms and 63.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bulgarra, 11.8% were owned outright, 23.3% were owned with a mortgage and 60.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Bulgarra, of all households, 75.7% were family households, 17.7% were single person households and 6.6% were group households.

In Bulgarra, 5.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 46.7% 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 Bulgarra, 19.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bulgarra, there were 166 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 88 (or 53.0%) were male and 78 (or 47.0%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Bulgarra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,700.

In Bulgarra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $115 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,700.