Ben Lomond (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 436 people in Ben Lomond (NSW) of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Ben Lomond (NSW) was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.2% of the population.

Of people in Ben Lomond (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 58.3% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ben Lomond (NSW) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Ben Lomond (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 58.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ben Lomond (NSW) was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Ben Lomond (NSW) 19.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.6% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 25.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ben Lomond (NSW) were Australian 37.4%, English 33.0%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 9.2% and German 4.8%.

In Ben Lomond (NSW), 92.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.7%, New Zealand 0.9%, France 0.7% and Thailand 0.7%.

In Ben Lomond (NSW), 88.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ben Lomond (NSW) were Anglican 40.0%, Catholic 23.4%, No Religion 12.2%, Presbyterian and Reformed 7.4% and Uniting Church 4.4%.

In Ben Lomond (NSW) 97.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 0.7% and Thai 0.7%.

Employment

There were 263 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ben Lomond (NSW). Of these 66.9% were employed full time, 24.7% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ben Lomond (NSW), 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ben Lomond (NSW) was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 55 years.

The most common occupations in Ben Lomond (NSW) included Managers 43.9%, Labourers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.7%, Professionals 7.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.2% and Sales Workers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Ben Lomond (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 50.2%, Local Government Administration 4.3%, School Education 4.3%, Road Freight Transport 2.7% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ben Lomond (NSW) was $556.

In Ben Lomond (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 43.5%, Walked only 6.7%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Truck 3.1% and Other 2.4%. 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 47.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ben Lomond (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 79.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.2% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.8% 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 Ben Lomond (NSW), 32.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ben Lomond (NSW), 39.3% were couple families with children, 51.1% were couple families without children and 9.6% were one parent families.

In Ben Lomond (NSW) 46.2% of single parents were male and 53.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ben Lomond (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,821 and those without children was $1,264.

Employment status of couple families

In Ben Lomond (NSW), of couple families with children, 36.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ben Lomond (NSW), 81.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ben Lomond (NSW), 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 Ben Lomond (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 15.3% had 2 bedrooms and 42.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ben Lomond (NSW), 45.5% were owned outright, 22.2% were owned with a mortgage and 28.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Ben Lomond (NSW), of all households, 74.3% were family households, 24.0% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Ben Lomond (NSW), 27.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 Ben Lomond (NSW), 21.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ben Lomond (NSW), there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 60.0%) were male and 4 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 39 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 Ben Lomond (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In Ben Lomond (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $165 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.