Bondi Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,748 people in Bondi Beach of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Bondi Beach was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.8% of the population.

Of people in Bondi Beach aged 15 years and over, 25.2% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bondi Beach was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Bondi Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 26.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 21.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bondi Beach was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Bondi Beach 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 10.2% were in primary school, 6.9% in secondary school and 25.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bondi Beach were English 22.8%, Australian 14.8%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 5.8% and German 3.4%.

In Bondi Beach, 47.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.0%, New Zealand 4.3%, Ireland 2.5%, South Africa 2.2% and United States of America 1.5%.

In Bondi Beach, 31.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 53.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bondi Beach were No Religion 31.1%, Catholic 22.0%, Anglican 11.0%, Judaism 8.0% and Eastern Orthodox 2.4%.

In Bondi Beach 68.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Russian 2.2%, Spanish 2.0%, French 1.8%, German 1.5% and Italian 1.4%.

Employment

There were 6,773 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bondi Beach. Of these 70.3% were employed full time, 20.8% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bondi Beach, 6.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bondi Beach was 33 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Bondi Beach included Professionals 39.2%, Managers 17.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.1%, Sales Workers 8.1%, Labourers 3.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in Bondi Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, Advertising Services 4.0%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.6%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 3.5% and Computer System Design and Related Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bondi Beach was $1,050.

In Bondi Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 33.8%, Train, bus 17.5%, Bus 12.1%, Walked only 5.7% and Car, as passenger 3.7%. On the day, 36.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 37.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bondi Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.5% provided care for children and 6.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.9% 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 Bondi Beach, 22.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 5.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bondi Beach, 30.9% were couple families with children, 54.7% were couple families without children and 11.6% were one parent families.

In Bondi Beach 20.8% of single parents were male and 79.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bondi Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,066 and those without children was $2,874.

Employment status of couple families

In Bondi Beach, of couple families with children, 35.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 19.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bondi Beach, 87.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bondi Beach, 5.5% were separate houses, 12.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 81.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Bondi Beach, of occupied private dwellings 23.2% had 1 bedroom, 50.2% had 2 bedrooms and 14.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bondi Beach, 17.2% were owned outright, 19.0% were owned with a mortgage and 60.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Bondi Beach, of all households, 48.1% were family households, 35.3% were single person households and 16.7% were group households.

In Bondi Beach, 14.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.0% 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 Bondi Beach, 48.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 18.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 3.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bondi Beach, there were 46 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 26 (or 56.5%) were male and 20 (or 43.5%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Bondi Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,583.

In Bondi Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $455 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,550.