Bidwill (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,588 people in Bidwill (NSW) of these 46.4% were male and 53.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 14.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Bidwill (NSW) was 25 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 32.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.5% of the population.

Of people in Bidwill (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 27.6% were married and 16.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bidwill (NSW) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Bidwill (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 27.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bidwill (NSW) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Bidwill (NSW) 39.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.8% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 9.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bidwill (NSW) were Australian 27.5%, English 23.5%, Samoan 5.7%, Irish 4.5% and Scottish 4.3%.

In Bidwill (NSW), 72.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.1%, Samoa 2.7%, England 1.8%, Philippines 1.1% and Fiji 0.8%.

In Bidwill (NSW), 55.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bidwill (NSW) were Catholic 28.7%, Anglican 20.8%, No Religion 16.7%, Uniting Church 3.5% and Islam 2.9%.

In Bidwill (NSW) 72.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 6.2%, Arabic 2.4%, Tongan 1.4%, Maori (Cook Island) 1.3% and Spanish 1.3%.

Employment

There were 1,259 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bidwill (NSW). Of these 46.9% were employed full time, 26.7% were employed part-time and 20.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bidwill (NSW), 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bidwill (NSW) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Bidwill (NSW) included Labourers 21.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 19.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Professionals 6.0% and Managers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Bidwill (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, Road Freight Transport 4.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6%, Residential Care Services 3.2% and School Education 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bidwill (NSW) was $340.

In Bidwill (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.8%, Car, as passenger 11.0%, Train, bus 5.2%, Bus 4.6% and Train 3.6%. On the day, 15.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bidwill (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 53.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.4% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.3% 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 Bidwill (NSW), 16.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bidwill (NSW), 31.2% were couple families with children, 15.0% were couple families without children and 52.4% were one parent families.

In Bidwill (NSW) 14.9% of single parents were male and 85.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bidwill (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,939 and those without children was $1,525.

Employment status of couple families

In Bidwill (NSW), of couple families with children, 11.0% had both partners employed full-time, 1.9% had both employed part-time and 9.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bidwill (NSW), 95.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bidwill (NSW), 66.8% were separate houses, 31.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Bidwill (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 2.5% had 2 bedrooms and 78.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bidwill (NSW), 8.7% were owned outright, 12.8% were owned with a mortgage and 74.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Bidwill (NSW), of all households, 79.8% were family households, 18.8% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Bidwill (NSW), 44.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.0% 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 Bidwill (NSW), 44.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 18.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bidwill (NSW), there were 659 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 320 (or 48.6%) were male and 339 (or 51.4%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Bidwill (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $640.

In Bidwill (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $155 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,000.