Bahrs Scrub

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,512 people in Bahrs Scrub of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Bahrs Scrub was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.3% of the population.

Of people in Bahrs Scrub aged 15 years and over, 50.8% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bahrs Scrub was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Bahrs Scrub, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bahrs Scrub was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Bahrs Scrub 30.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.4% were in primary school, 27.9% in secondary school and 16.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bahrs Scrub were English 30.7%, Australian 26.8%, Scottish 7.1%, Irish 6.2% and German 5.2%.

In Bahrs Scrub, 73.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 6.3%, England 5.1%, South Africa 1.1%, Netherlands 1.0% and Zimbabwe 0.7%.

In Bahrs Scrub, 55.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bahrs Scrub were No Religion 25.6%, Anglican 20.7%, Catholic 20.4%, Uniting Church 6.5% and Lutheran 3.4%.

In Bahrs Scrub 88.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Russian 0.7%, Afrikaans 0.6%, Dutch 0.5%, Hungarian 0.5% and Mandarin 0.5%.

Employment

There were 843 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bahrs Scrub. Of these 63.6% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bahrs Scrub, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bahrs Scrub was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Bahrs Scrub included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.1%, Professionals 12.6%, Sales Workers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Managers 9.6%, Labourers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Bahrs Scrub, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.3%, Building Installation Services 4.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Hospitals 3.5% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bahrs Scrub was $649.

In Bahrs Scrub, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.5%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Train 2.2%, Truck 1.9% and Bus 1.1%. On the day, 4.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bahrs Scrub, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.6% 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 Bahrs Scrub, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bahrs Scrub, 48.7% were couple families with children, 34.4% were couple families without children and 15.2% were one parent families.

In Bahrs Scrub 20.6% of single parents were male and 79.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bahrs Scrub, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,352 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Bahrs Scrub, of couple families with children, 30.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.2% had both employed part-time and 20.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bahrs Scrub, 93.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bahrs Scrub, 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 Bahrs Scrub, of occupied private dwellings 0.7% had 1 bedroom, 2.2% had 2 bedrooms and 21.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bahrs Scrub, 26.6% were owned outright, 39.4% were owned with a mortgage and 32.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Bahrs Scrub, of all households, 88.2% were family households, 8.5% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Bahrs Scrub, 11.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.6% 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 Bahrs Scrub, 19.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bahrs Scrub, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 53.3%) were male and 7 (or 46.7%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Bahrs Scrub, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $100.

In Bahrs Scrub, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $560 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.