Bushland Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,659 people in Bushland Beach of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Bushland Beach was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.4% of the population.

Of people in Bushland Beach aged 15 years and over, 57.9% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bushland Beach was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Bushland Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bushland Beach was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Bushland Beach 31.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.5% were in primary school, 19.9% in secondary school and 14.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bushland Beach were Australian 32.8%, English 29.3%, Irish 9.8%, Scottish 6.9% and German 3.9%.

In Bushland Beach, 82.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, New Zealand 3.2%, Scotland 0.6%, South Africa 0.5% and Germany 0.4%.

In Bushland Beach, 70.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bushland Beach were Catholic 28.1%, No Religion 24.5%, Anglican 19.2%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Bushland Beach 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.3%, Dutch 0.3%, German 0.2%, Afrikaans 0.2% and Greek 0.1%.

Employment

There were 3,042 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bushland Beach. Of these 67.9% were employed full time, 22.6% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bushland Beach, 7.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bushland Beach was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Bushland Beach included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.7%, Professionals 14.3%, Managers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0% and Labourers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Bushland Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 5.6%, Hospitals 4.5%, School Education 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bushland Beach was $878.

In Bushland Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.9%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Motorbike/scooter 1.6%, Bus 1.5% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bushland Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.1% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.8% 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 Bushland Beach, 29.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bushland Beach, 52.7% were couple families with children, 37.7% were couple families without children and 9.0% were one parent families.

In Bushland Beach 15.5% of single parents were male and 84.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bushland Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,420 and those without children was $2,285.

Employment status of couple families

In Bushland Beach, of couple families with children, 31.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 21.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bushland Beach, 87.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bushland Beach, 99.4% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bushland Beach, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 1.1% had 2 bedrooms and 23.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bushland Beach, 14.9% were owned outright, 50.7% were owned with a mortgage and 33.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Bushland Beach, of all households, 90.1% were family households, 7.6% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Bushland Beach, 6.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.0% 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 Bushland Beach, 21.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 53.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bushland Beach, there were 132 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 73 (or 55.3%) were male and 59 (or 44.7%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Bushland Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,840.

In Bushland Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $360 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,250.