Bligh Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,493 people in Bligh Park of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Bligh Park was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.1% of the population.

Of people in Bligh Park aged 15 years and over, 46.5% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bligh Park was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Bligh Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bligh Park was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Bligh Park 32.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.4% were in primary school, 26.5% in secondary school and 16.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bligh Park were Australian 36.4%, English 28.4%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.4% and German 2.5%.

In Bligh Park, 86.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, New Zealand 1.6%, Scotland 0.6%, Philippines 0.4% and Germany 0.3%.

In Bligh Park, 69.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bligh Park were Catholic 32.4%, Anglican 29.2%, No Religion 16.1%, Uniting Church 3.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.4%.

In Bligh Park 94.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.3%, Maltese 0.3%, Filipino 0.3%, Italian 0.2% and Macedonian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 3,532 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bligh Park. Of these 64.3% were employed full time, 25.3% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bligh Park, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bligh Park was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Bligh Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.4%, Professionals 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.5%, Labourers 9.4% and Managers 9.3%.

Of the employed people in Bligh Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 4.9%, School Education 4.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bligh Park was $688.

In Bligh Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.8%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Train 2.1%, Truck 1.8% and Train, car as driver 1.3%. On the day, 5.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bligh Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.2% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.6% 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 Bligh Park, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bligh Park, 53.6% were couple families with children, 23.1% were couple families without children and 22.5% were one parent families.

In Bligh Park 15.3% of single parents were male and 84.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bligh Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,142 and those without children was $2,042.

Employment status of couple families

In Bligh Park, of couple families with children, 26.4% had both partners employed full-time, 1.5% had both employed part-time and 27.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bligh Park, 95.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bligh Park, 79.7% were separate houses, 20.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bligh Park, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 2.4% had 2 bedrooms and 59.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bligh Park, 15.1% were owned outright, 47.4% were owned with a mortgage and 35.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Bligh Park, of all households, 80.0% were family households, 17.6% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Bligh Park, 14.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.8% 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 Bligh Park, 32.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bligh Park, there were 211 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 89 (or 42.2%) were male and 122 (or 57.8%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Bligh Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,421.

In Bligh Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $330 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.