Bilinga

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,662 people in Bilinga of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Bilinga was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.5% of the population.

Of people in Bilinga aged 15 years and over, 34.4% were married and 18.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bilinga was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Bilinga, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bilinga was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Bilinga 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.3% were in primary school, 8.8% in secondary school and 21.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bilinga were English 30.3%, Australian 25.0%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 8.5% and German 3.5%.

In Bilinga, 71.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.6%, England 3.2%, Scotland 0.7%, United States of America 0.5% and Germany 0.5%.

In Bilinga, 64.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bilinga were Anglican 21.5%, Catholic 21.5%, No Religion 20.1%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In Bilinga 84.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 0.7%, German 0.5%, Fijian 0.4%, Finnish 0.2% and Greek 0.2%.

Employment

There were 816 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bilinga. Of these 52.5% were employed full time, 30.0% were employed part-time and 11.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bilinga, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bilinga was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Bilinga included Professionals 17.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Managers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Labourers 12.1%, Sales Workers 10.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Bilinga, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, Accommodation 5.4%, School Education 3.8%, Residential Care Services 2.9% and Residential Building Construction 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bilinga was $526.

In Bilinga, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.2%, Walked only 5.8%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Bus 1.9% and Bicycle 1.5%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bilinga, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.1% provided care for children and 8.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.8% 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 Bilinga, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bilinga, 21.6% were couple families with children, 55.0% were couple families without children and 21.1% were one parent families.

In Bilinga 24.7% of single parents were male and 75.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bilinga, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,892 and those without children was $1,796.

Employment status of couple families

In Bilinga, of couple families with children, 17.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 15.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Bilinga, 37.7% were separate houses, 4.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 56.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Bilinga, of occupied private dwellings 10.3% had 1 bedroom, 48.4% had 2 bedrooms and 28.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bilinga, 28.7% were owned outright, 14.0% were owned with a mortgage and 54.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Bilinga, of all households, 54.5% were family households, 36.2% were single person households and 9.3% were group households.

In Bilinga, 32.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.9% 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 Bilinga, 46.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bilinga, there were 44 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 22 (or 50.0%) were male and 22 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Bilinga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $779.

In Bilinga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.