Three Bridges

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 298 people in Three Bridges of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Three Bridges was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.4% of the population.

Of people in Three Bridges aged 15 years and over, 59.6% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Three Bridges was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Three Bridges, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Three Bridges was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Three Bridges 34.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.5% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 7.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Three Bridges were English 29.8%, Australian 26.3%, German 6.6%, Scottish 6.1% and Irish 6.1%.

In Three Bridges, 73.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, Germany 2.7%, Egypt 1.3%, Korea, Republic of (South) 1.3% and Scotland 1.3%.

In Three Bridges, 64.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Three Bridges were No Religion 31.3%, Catholic 16.3%, Anglican 10.0%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Baptist 3.0%.

In Three Bridges 83.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 4.0% and Italian 3.0%.

Employment

There were 131 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Three Bridges. Of these 53.4% were employed full time, 26.7% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Three Bridges, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Three Bridges was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Three Bridges included Technicians and Trades Workers 25.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.6%, Professionals 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Labourers 12.5%, Managers 10.9%, Sales Workers 6.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Three Bridges, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.2%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.4%, Veterinary Services 4.6%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.1% and Nursery and Floriculture Production 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Three Bridges was $521.

In Three Bridges, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.1%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Motorbike/scooter 3.1%, Walked only 3.1% and Truck 2.3%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Three Bridges, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.2% provided care for children and 8.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.1% 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 Three Bridges, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Three Bridges, 44.7% were couple families with children, 48.2% were couple families without children and 7.1% were one parent families.

In Three Bridges 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Three Bridges, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $1,281.

Employment status of couple families

In Three Bridges, of couple families with children, 15.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 18.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Three Bridges, 85.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Three Bridges, 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 Three Bridges, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 14.0% had 2 bedrooms and 48.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Three Bridges, 35.1% were owned outright, 51.1% were owned with a mortgage and 5.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Three Bridges, of all households, 86.3% were family households, 13.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Three Bridges, 33.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.0% 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 Three Bridges, 24.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

In Three Bridges, 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.