Bandon Grove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 278 people in Bandon Grove of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Bandon Grove was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.

Of people in Bandon Grove aged 15 years and over, 65.4% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bandon Grove was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Bandon Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bandon Grove was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 54 years.

In Bandon Grove 34.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.0% were in primary school, 29.9% in secondary school and 10.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bandon Grove were English 35.3%, Australian 26.1%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 8.4% and German 6.2%.

In Bandon Grove, 85.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.2%, Germany 1.1%, Peru 1.1% and Scotland 1.1%.

In Bandon Grove, 84.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bandon Grove were Anglican 27.7%, No Religion 17.6%, Catholic 16.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 12.6% and Uniting Church 5.0%.

In Bandon Grove 90.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 1.1%.

Employment

There were 131 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bandon Grove. Of these 48.9% were employed full time, 33.6% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bandon Grove, 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bandon Grove was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Bandon Grove included Managers 38.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Professionals 8.7%, Labourers 7.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.2% and Sales Workers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Bandon Grove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 14.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.8%, Accommodation 11.0%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.7% and Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bandon Grove was $383.

In Bandon Grove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 29.9%, Walked only 7.1%, Other 3.9%, Car, as passenger 3.1% and Motorbike/scooter 3.1%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 36.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bandon Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.7% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.3% 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 Bandon Grove, 15.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 22.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bandon Grove, 44.2% were couple families with children, 42.9% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Bandon Grove 40.0% of single parents were male and 60.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bandon Grove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,666 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Bandon Grove, of couple families with children, 16.9% had both partners employed full-time, 10.8% had both employed part-time and 15.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bandon Grove, 59.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 40.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bandon Grove, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bandon Grove, of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 17.7% had 2 bedrooms and 31.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bandon Grove, 50.0% were owned outright, 18.1% were owned with a mortgage and 28.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Bandon Grove, of all households, 76.8% were family households, 20.0% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Bandon Grove, 33.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.8% 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 Bandon Grove, 30.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bandon Grove, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 38.5%) were male and 8 (or 61.5%) 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 Bandon Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $433.

In Bandon Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $185 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.