Bull Creek (WA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,541 people in Bull Creek (WA) of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Bull Creek (WA) was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.9% of the population.

Of people in Bull Creek (WA) aged 15 years and over, 54.4% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bull Creek (WA) was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Bull Creek (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bull Creek (WA) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Bull Creek (WA) 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.0% were in primary school, 22.3% in secondary school and 31.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bull Creek (WA) were English 26.3%, Australian 22.1%, Chinese 13.5%, Scottish 6.4% and Irish 5.5%.

In Bull Creek (WA), 54.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.9%, Malaysia 7.1%, Singapore 2.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.5% and India 2.4%.

In Bull Creek (WA), 34.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 52.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bull Creek (WA) were No Religion 23.0%, Anglican 20.4%, Catholic 18.4%, Buddhism 4.9% and Uniting Church 4.8%.

In Bull Creek (WA) 71.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 7.6%, Cantonese 4.2%, Korean 1.4%, Tamil 1.1% and Indonesian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 3,921 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bull Creek (WA). Of these 56.9% were employed full time, 32.2% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bull Creek (WA), 13.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bull Creek (WA) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Bull Creek (WA) included Professionals 32.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.2%, Managers 12.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Labourers 5.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Bull Creek (WA), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.2%, Hospitals 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2% and Tertiary Education 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bull Creek (WA) was $623.

In Bull Creek (WA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.1%, Train 5.0%, Train, bus 4.7%, Car, as passenger 4.5% and Bus 1.5%. On the day, 13.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bull Creek (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 74.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.4% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% 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 Bull Creek (WA), 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bull Creek (WA), 48.9% were couple families with children, 37.5% were couple families without children and 11.5% were one parent families.

In Bull Creek (WA) 18.3% of single parents were male and 81.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bull Creek (WA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,007 and those without children was $2,476.

Employment status of couple families

In Bull Creek (WA), of couple families with children, 18.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bull Creek (WA), 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bull Creek (WA), 82.5% were separate houses, 5.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bull Creek (WA), of occupied private dwellings 5.5% had 1 bedroom, 6.2% had 2 bedrooms and 29.1% 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 Bull Creek (WA), 43.4% were owned outright, 31.1% were owned with a mortgage and 17.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Bull Creek (WA), of all households, 75.7% were family households, 21.3% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Bull Creek (WA), 20.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.2% 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 Bull Creek (WA), 30.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bull Creek (WA), there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 44.4%) were male and 10 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Bull Creek (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Bull Creek (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $225 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.