Bundamba

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,404 people in Bundamba of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Bundamba was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.7% of the population.

Of people in Bundamba aged 15 years and over, 42.7% were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bundamba was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Bundamba, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bundamba was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Bundamba 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.2% were in primary school, 20.1% in secondary school and 17.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bundamba were Australian 30.8%, English 30.0%, German 7.0%, Scottish 6.7% and Irish 6.6%.

In Bundamba, 81.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.5%, England 3.2%, Samoa 0.8%, Philippines 0.6% and Germany 0.4%.

In Bundamba, 68.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bundamba were No Religion 22.3%, Catholic 19.5%, Anglican 18.3%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Bundamba 88.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 1.8%, Vietnamese 0.4%, Cantonese 0.3%, Mandarin 0.3% and Tagalog 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,509 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bundamba. Of these 58.6% were employed full time, 26.3% were employed part-time and 8.7% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Bundamba, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bundamba was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Bundamba included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Labourers 15.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Professionals 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.9%, Sales Workers 9.5% and Managers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Bundamba, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.6%, Hospitals 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.0% and Road Freight Transport 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bundamba was $512.

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In Bundamba, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.3%, Train 7.0%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Truck 1.8% and Walked only 1.6%. On the day, 10.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bundamba, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.6% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.6% 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 Bundamba, 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bundamba, 41.6% were couple families with children, 34.8% were couple families without children and 21.3% were one parent families.

In Bundamba 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bundamba, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,087 and those without children was $1,808.

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Employment status of couple families

In Bundamba, of couple families with children, 20.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 17.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bundamba, 91.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bundamba, 92.7% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Bundamba, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 11.8% had 2 bedrooms and 58.2% 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 Bundamba, 28.9% were owned outright, 33.8% were owned with a mortgage and 34.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Bundamba, of all households, 71.9% were family households, 24.4% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Bundamba, 25.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Bundamba, 37.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bundamba, there were 184 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 95 (or 51.6%) were male and 89 (or 48.4%) 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 Bundamba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $936.

In Bundamba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.