Bass Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,175 people in Bass Hill of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Bass Hill was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.7% of the population.

Of people in Bass Hill aged 15 years and over, 50.8% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bass Hill was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Bass Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bass Hill was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Bass Hill 31.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.5% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 19.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bass Hill were Lebanese 17.3%, Australian 15.6%, English 12.1%, Vietnamese 6.6% and Italian 5.3%.

In Bass Hill, 60.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Lebanon 7.4%, Vietnam 6.2%, Italy 1.9%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.1% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.1%.

In Bass Hill, 27.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 60.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bass Hill were Catholic 30.9%, Islam 20.0%, Anglican 9.8%, Eastern Orthodox 9.4% and Buddhism 5.9%.

In Bass Hill 42.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 23.0%, Vietnamese 8.3%, Greek 3.2%, Italian 2.7% and Cantonese 2.1%.

Employment

There were 3,279 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bass Hill. Of these 57.8% were employed full time, 27.2% were employed part-time and 7.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bass Hill, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bass Hill was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Bass Hill included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.0%, Professionals 15.8%, Managers 9.7%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Labourers 9.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Bass Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2%, Road Freight Transport 3.0%, Building Installation Services 2.9% and Hospitals 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bass Hill was $395.

In Bass Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.7%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Train 5.4%, Truck 2.1% and Train, car as driver 1.7%. On the day, 11.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bass Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.8% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.4% 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 Bass Hill, 19.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bass Hill, 52.0% were couple families with children, 25.6% were couple families without children and 20.7% were one parent families.

In Bass Hill 14.3% of single parents were male and 85.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bass Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,184 and those without children was $1,855.

Employment status of couple families

In Bass Hill, of couple families with children, 15.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.1% had both employed part-time and 15.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bass Hill, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bass Hill, 75.3% were separate houses, 15.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

In Bass Hill, of occupied private dwellings 4.4% had 1 bedroom, 11.7% had 2 bedrooms and 49.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bass Hill, 34.2% were owned outright, 33.3% were owned with a mortgage and 28.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Bass Hill, of all households, 77.6% were family households, 20.8% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Bass Hill, 29.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.2% 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 Bass Hill, 32.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bass Hill, there were 60 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 26 (or 43.3%) were male and 34 (or 56.7%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Bass Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $820.

In Bass Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,327.