Bald Knob

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 254 people in Bald Knob of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Bald Knob was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.5% of the population.

Of people in Bald Knob aged 15 years and over, 58.9% were married and 16.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bald Knob was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Bald Knob, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bald Knob was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 53 years.

In Bald Knob 18.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.9% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 14.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bald Knob were English 36.2%, Australian 24.5%, Scottish 12.8%, Irish 11.2% and Dutch 2.7%.

In Bald Knob, 77.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.7%, Portugal 1.6%, Canada 1.2%, El Salvador 1.2% and Germany 1.2%.

In Bald Knob, 65.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bald Knob were Anglican 26.5%, No Religion 22.9%, Catholic 15.0%, Christian, nfd 6.3% and Uniting Church 5.9%.

In Bald Knob 95.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.2%, Spanish 1.2% and Italian 1.2%.

Employment

There were 144 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bald Knob. Of these 54.2% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bald Knob, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bald Knob was 53 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Bald Knob included Managers 23.9%, Professionals 21.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.0%, Labourers 7.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Bald Knob, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.9%, Residential Building Construction 5.0%, Accommodation 5.0%, School Education 5.0% and Management and Related Consulting Services 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bald Knob was $622.

In Bald Knob, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.6%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Train, car as passenger 2.9%, Car as driver, truck 2.9% and Train 2.2%. On the day, 5.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bald Knob, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.2% provided care for children and 14.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.4% 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 Bald Knob, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 24.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bald Knob, 33.3% were couple families with children, 53.8% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Bald Knob 57.1% of single parents were male and 42.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bald Knob, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $2,374.

Employment status of couple families

In Bald Knob, of couple families with children, 28.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 21.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bald Knob, 81.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bald Knob, 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 Bald Knob, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 21.6% had 2 bedrooms and 44.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bald Knob, 40.4% were owned outright, 33.7% were owned with a mortgage and 23.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Bald Knob, of all households, 72.1% were family households, 25.0% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Bald Knob, 17.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.9% 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 Bald Knob, 36.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bald Knob, 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 Bald Knob, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Bald Knob, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $120.