Bendoc

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 348 people in Bendoc of these 52.9% were male and 47.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Bendoc was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.5% of the population.

Of people in Bendoc aged 15 years and over, 43.9% were married and 18.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bendoc was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Bendoc, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bendoc was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Bendoc 24.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.1% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 8.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bendoc were Australian 34.1%, English 31.2%, Scottish 10.2%, Irish 8.0% and German 5.0%.

In Bendoc, 85.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, Philippines 2.0%, Canada 0.9%, Germany 0.9% and Italy 0.9%.

In Bendoc, 70.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bendoc were No Religion 38.0%, Anglican 26.5%, Catholic 13.0%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9%.

In Bendoc 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Tagalog 1.2% and German 0.9%.

Employment

There were 177 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bendoc. Of these 55.4% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 8.5% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Bendoc, 18.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bendoc was 55 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Bendoc were Managers 41.7%, Professionals 17.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.3%, Labourers 10.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Bendoc, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 36.2%, School Education 11.0%, Forestry and Logging 7.4%, Hospitals 5.5% and Furniture Manufacturing 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bendoc was $369.

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In Bendoc, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 42.0%, Walked only 11.1%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Truck 3.1% and Bus 2.5%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 44.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bendoc, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.6% provided care for children and 15.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 38.5% 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 Bendoc, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bendoc, 34.1% were couple families with children, 51.1% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Bendoc 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bendoc, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,607 and those without children was $1,218.

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Employment status of couple families

In Bendoc, of couple families with children, 22.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 18.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bendoc, 56.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 43.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bendoc, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bendoc, of occupied private dwellings 6.5% had 1 bedroom, 22.2% had 2 bedrooms and 38.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bendoc, 51.6% were owned outright, 21.6% were owned with a mortgage and 20.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Bendoc, of all households, 53.9% were family households, 40.9% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Bendoc, 51.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Bendoc, 30.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bendoc, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 45.5%) were male and 6 (or 54.5%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Bendoc, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Bendoc, 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.