Bobs Farm

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 504 people in Bobs Farm of these 53.2% were male and 46.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Bobs Farm was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population.

Of people in Bobs Farm aged 15 years and over, 53.2% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bobs Farm was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Bobs Farm, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bobs Farm was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Bobs Farm 30.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.7% were in primary school, 30.3% in secondary school and 17.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bobs Farm were Australian 33.5%, English 32.3%, Scottish 7.9%, Irish 7.4% and German 4.7%.

In Bobs Farm, 84.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, New Zealand 2.0%, Germany 1.0%, Ireland 0.8% and Netherlands 0.8%.

In Bobs Farm, 75.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bobs Farm were Anglican 34.5%, No Religion 18.3%, Catholic 17.3%, Christian, nfd 5.8% and Uniting Church 5.2%.

In Bobs Farm 91.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.6%, French 0.6%, Spanish 0.6%, Italian 0.6% and Arabic 0.6%.

Employment

There were 246 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bobs Farm. Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 30.9% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bobs Farm, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bobs Farm was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Bobs Farm included Managers 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Professionals 13.0%, Sales Workers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Labourers 12.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Bobs Farm, the most common responses for industry of employment included Land Development and Site Preparation Services 5.5%, School Education 5.5%, Residential Building Construction 4.2%, Other Social Assistance Services 3.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bobs Farm was $454.

In Bobs Farm, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.8%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Walked only 3.4%, Truck 2.5% and Bus 1.7%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bobs Farm, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.0% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.0% 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 Bobs Farm, 20.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bobs Farm, 46.7% were couple families with children, 35.0% were couple families without children and 18.2% were one parent families.

In Bobs Farm 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bobs Farm, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $1,968.

Employment status of couple families

In Bobs Farm, of couple families with children, 19.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 26.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bobs Farm, 86.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bobs Farm, 80.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 17.6% were other dwellings.

In Bobs Farm, of occupied private dwellings 7.3% had 1 bedroom, 17.5% had 2 bedrooms and 31.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bobs Farm, 45.8% were owned outright, 38.4% were owned with a mortgage and 14.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Bobs Farm, of all households, 72.5% were family households, 24.2% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Bobs Farm, 28.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Bobs Farm, 27.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bobs Farm, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 62.5%) were male and 3 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Bobs Farm, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,733.

In Bobs Farm, 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.