Greater Bendigo (C)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 100,617 people in Greater Bendigo (C) of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Greater Bendigo (C) was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.8% of the population.

Of people in Greater Bendigo (C) aged 15 years and over, 47.2% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Greater Bendigo (C) was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Greater Bendigo (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 47.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Greater Bendigo (C) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Greater Bendigo (C) 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.4% were in primary school, 22.8% in secondary school and 20.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Greater Bendigo (C) were Australian 32.1%, English 31.9%, Irish 10.4%, Scottish 8.1% and German 3.3%.

In Greater Bendigo (C), 88.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.9%, New Zealand 0.7%, India 0.3%, Scotland 0.3% and Netherlands 0.3%.

In Greater Bendigo (C), 82.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Greater Bendigo (C) were No Religion 26.8%, Catholic 24.9%, Anglican 17.4%, Uniting Church 9.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Greater Bendigo (C) 92.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Karen 0.3%, Italian 0.2%, Mandarin 0.2%, Greek 0.2% and Cantonese 0.1%.

Employment

There were 48,246 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Greater Bendigo (C). Of these 55.9% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Greater Bendigo (C), 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Greater Bendigo (C) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Greater Bendigo (C) included Professionals 19.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Labourers 11.6%, Managers 11.3%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Greater Bendigo (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.2%, School Education 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Greater Bendigo (C) was $513.

In Greater Bendigo (C), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.4%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Walked only 3.4%, Bus 0.9% and Bicycle 0.9%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Greater Bendigo (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.3% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.5% 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 Greater Bendigo (C), 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Greater Bendigo (C), 41.0% were couple families with children, 39.2% were couple families without children and 18.3% were one parent families.

In Greater Bendigo (C) 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Greater Bendigo (C), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,960 and those without children was $1,767.

Employment status of couple families

In Greater Bendigo (C), of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 24.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Greater Bendigo (C), 90.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greater Bendigo (C), 89.6% were separate houses, 3.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Greater Bendigo (C), of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 16.9% had 2 bedrooms and 52.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greater Bendigo (C), 34.7% were owned outright, 35.5% were owned with a mortgage and 26.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Greater Bendigo (C), of all households, 68.8% were family households, 27.0% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Greater Bendigo (C), 28.1% 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 Greater Bendigo (C), 33.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Greater Bendigo (C), there were 1,441 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 722 (or 50.1%) were male and 719 (or 49.9%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Greater Bendigo (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $824.

In Greater Bendigo (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.