Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,343 people in Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.) of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.8% of the population.

Of people in Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 59.8% were married and 6.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 58.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.) 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.4% were in primary school, 29.1% in secondary school and 19.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.) were Australian 34.2%, English 32.7%, Irish 11.3%, Scottish 7.2% and German 3.6%.

In Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), 90.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.1%, New Zealand 0.8%, Germany 0.4%, Scotland 0.4% and United States of America 0.4%.

In Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), 85.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.) were Catholic 28.2%, No Religion 24.5%, Anglican 16.8%, Uniting Church 10.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.) 94.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.4%, Italian 0.4% and Hindi 0.4%.

Employment

There were 751 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.). Of these 61.3% were employed full time, 29.6% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.) included Professionals 21.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.7%, Managers 12.6%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Labourers 8.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 8.2%, School Education 6.1%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7% and Building Installation Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.) was $642.

In Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.9%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Walked only 1.4%, Bus 1.1% and Truck 1.0%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 80.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 81.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.7% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.6% 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 Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), 30.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), 45.7% were couple families with children, 40.6% were couple families without children and 11.2% were one parent families.

In Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.) 14.9% of single parents were male and 85.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,166 and those without children was $1,960.

Employment status of couple families

In Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), of couple families with children, 25.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 26.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), 95.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), 98.9% were separate houses, 1.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 2.3% had 2 bedrooms and 51.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), 35.1% were owned outright, 50.6% were owned with a mortgage and 11.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), of all households, 85.9% were family households, 11.5% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), 14.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), 19.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 6 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 Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $941.

In Ascot (Greater Bendigo - Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $295 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.