Bedourie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 283 people in Bedourie of these 54.8% were male and 45.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 25.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Bedourie was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.4% of the population.

Of people in Bedourie aged 15 years and over, 40.6% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bedourie was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Bedourie, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bedourie was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Bedourie 15.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.6% were in primary school, 18.8% in secondary school and 8.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bedourie were Australian 40.4%, English 22.2%, Irish 11.5%, Scottish 6.7% and German 6.7%.

In Bedourie, 86.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Ireland 2.1%, New Zealand 2.1%, England 1.4%, Scotland 1.4% and Italy 1.1%.

In Bedourie, 83.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bedourie were Catholic 23.9%, No Religion 22.2%, Anglican 19.7%, Uniting Church 11.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.3%.

In Bedourie 94.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.1% and Italian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 189 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bedourie. Of these 80.4% were employed full time, 9.5% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bedourie, 4.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 78.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bedourie was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Bedourie were Labourers 24.7%, Managers 20.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Professionals 10.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Bedourie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 33.2%, Local Government Administration 19.8%, Accommodation 8.6%, Electricity Distribution 2.1% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 2.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bedourie was $681.

In Bedourie, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 35.6%, Car, as driver 25.5%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Truck 3.7% and Other 3.2%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 34.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bedourie, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.8% provided care for children and 4.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.5% 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 Bedourie, 20.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bedourie, 48.2% were couple families with children, 46.4% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Bedourie 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bedourie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,643 and those without children was $1,156.

Employment status of couple families

In Bedourie, of couple families with children, 36.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.8% had both employed part-time and 9.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bedourie, 75.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bedourie, 85.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.9% were other dwellings.

In Bedourie, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 26.7% had 2 bedrooms and 47.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bedourie, 16.7% were owned outright, 5.9% were owned with a mortgage and 72.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Bedourie, of all households, 58.0% were family households, 39.0% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Bedourie, 23.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.7% 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 Bedourie, 40.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 14.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bedourie, there were 67 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 39 (or 58.2%) were male and 28 (or 41.8%) were female. The median age was 46 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 Bedourie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $831.

In Bedourie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.