Bardwell Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,205 people in Bardwell Valley of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Bardwell Valley was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.3% of the population.

Of people in Bardwell Valley aged 15 years and over, 51.7% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bardwell Valley was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Bardwell Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bardwell Valley was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Bardwell Valley 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.6% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 18.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bardwell Valley were Australian 17.8%, English 15.7%, Lebanese 12.2%, Greek 7.8% and Irish 7.0%.

In Bardwell Valley, 62.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Lebanon 5.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.1%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 2.5%, Greece 2.3% and England 2.0%.

In Bardwell Valley, 33.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 53.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bardwell Valley were Catholic 23.0%, Islam 17.9%, Eastern Orthodox 16.9%, No Religion 12.3% and Anglican 11.2%.

In Bardwell Valley 50.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 15.6%, Greek 8.0%, Macedonian 3.9%, Mandarin 3.1% and Italian 2.9%.

Employment

There were 1,028 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bardwell Valley. Of these 62.1% were employed full time, 25.5% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bardwell Valley, 9.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bardwell Valley was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Bardwell Valley included Professionals 24.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Managers 12.2%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Labourers 7.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Bardwell Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Hospitals 3.9%, State Government Administration 3.2%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.0% and Road Freight Transport 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bardwell Valley was $568.

In Bardwell Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.1%, Train 14.7%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Train, car as driver 3.5% and Train, bus 1.5%. On the day, 21.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bardwell Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.8% 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 Bardwell Valley, 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bardwell Valley, 53.3% were couple families with children, 29.4% were couple families without children and 16.2% were one parent families.

In Bardwell Valley 12.0% of single parents were male and 88.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bardwell Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,306 and those without children was $2,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Bardwell Valley, of couple families with children, 23.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 16.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bardwell Valley, 94.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bardwell Valley, 70.5% were separate houses, 23.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Bardwell Valley, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 17.4% had 2 bedrooms and 46.9% 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 Bardwell Valley, 44.3% were owned outright, 35.4% were owned with a mortgage and 16.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Bardwell Valley, of all households, 74.7% were family households, 23.0% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Bardwell Valley, 25.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.1% 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 Bardwell Valley, 36.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bardwell Valley, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 42 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 Bardwell Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Bardwell Valley, 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.