Bambaroo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 450 people in Bambaroo of these 54.7% were male and 45.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Bambaroo was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

Of people in Bambaroo aged 15 years and over, 63.1% were married and 7.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bambaroo was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Bambaroo, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bambaroo was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Bambaroo 26.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.6% were in primary school, 29.6% in secondary school and 7.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bambaroo were Italian 27.4%, Australian 24.4%, English 20.4%, Irish 6.5% and Scottish 4.1%.

In Bambaroo, 83.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 5.6%, New Zealand 2.5%, England 0.9%, Thailand 0.9% and Netherlands 0.7%.

In Bambaroo, 62.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bambaroo were Catholic 46.2%, Anglican 15.6%, No Religion 10.0%, Uniting Church 8.7% and Christian, nfd 2.2%.

In Bambaroo 83.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 9.6%, Dutch 0.7% and Thai 0.7%.

Employment

There were 226 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bambaroo. Of these 64.2% were employed full time, 28.3% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bambaroo, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bambaroo was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Bambaroo included Managers 29.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.7%, Labourers 15.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.5%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.5% and Professionals 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Bambaroo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 29.4%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 7.8%, School Education 6.0%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 5.0% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bambaroo was $474.

In Bambaroo, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.1%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Truck 4.1%, Walked only 4.1% and Bus 1.4%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bambaroo, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.7% 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 Bambaroo, 17.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bambaroo, 54.0% were couple families with children, 41.3% were couple families without children and 4.8% were one parent families.

In Bambaroo 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bambaroo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,550 and those without children was $956.

Employment status of couple families

In Bambaroo, of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 23.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bambaroo, 77.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bambaroo, 98.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Bambaroo, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 11.0% had 2 bedrooms and 52.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bambaroo, 49.7% were owned outright, 23.2% were owned with a mortgage and 21.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Bambaroo, of all households, 77.6% were family households, 20.5% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Bambaroo, 24.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.8% 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 Bambaroo, 23.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bambaroo, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 5 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 54 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 Bambaroo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Bambaroo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $80 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.