Bookham

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 156 people in Bookham of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Bookham was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.1% of the population.

Of people in Bookham aged 15 years and over, 54.8% were married and 18.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bookham was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Bookham, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bookham was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Bookham 20.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 50.0% in secondary school and 10.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bookham were English 38.1%, Australian 25.7%, Scottish 13.8%, Irish 12.9% and Cypriot 1.9%.

In Bookham, 88.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.9%, Canada 2.6% and Cyprus 2.6%.

In Bookham, 86.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bookham were Anglican 27.5%, Catholic 26.1%, No Religion 16.3%, Uniting Church 11.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 9.8%.

In Bookham 97.4% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 88 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bookham. Of these 69.3% were employed full time, 23.9% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bookham, 3.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bookham was 53 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Bookham were Managers 46.4%, Labourers 21.4%, Professionals 8.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.6% and Sales Workers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Bookham, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 29.5%, Accommodation 10.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.8%, Other Livestock Farming 3.4% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bookham was $577.

In Bookham, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 41.2%, Walked only 11.8%, Other 5.9%, Car, as passenger 3.5% and Truck 3.5%. 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 42.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bookham, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.3% provided care for children and 16.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.7% 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 Bookham, 30.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bookham, 36.2% were couple families with children, 46.8% were couple families without children and 17.0% were one parent families.

In Bookham 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bookham, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,562 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Bookham, of couple families with children, 30.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 25.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bookham, 65.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 34.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bookham, 95.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.9% were other dwellings.

In Bookham, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.5% had 2 bedrooms and 41.0% 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 Bookham, 41.9% were owned outright, 22.6% were owned with a mortgage and 30.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Bookham, of all households, 72.6% were family households, 21.0% were single person households and 6.5% were group households.

In Bookham, 29.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Bookham, 21.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bookham, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Bookham, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Bookham, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.