South Bingera

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 590 people in South Bingera of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in South Bingera was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.1% of the population.

Of people in South Bingera aged 15 years and over, 62.6% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Bingera was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In South Bingera, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Bingera was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 53 years.

In South Bingera 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.9% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 10.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Bingera were English 35.0%, Australian 25.7%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 7.7% and German 7.0%.

In South Bingera, 79.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.9%, New Zealand 2.9%, South Africa 1.2%, Zimbabwe 1.2% and Kazakhstan 0.8%.

In South Bingera, 71.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Bingera were Anglican 25.6%, No Religion 22.7%, Catholic 17.8%, Uniting Church 6.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.7%.

In South Bingera 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.0%, French 0.8%, Russian 0.7% and Croatian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 273 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Bingera. Of these 55.7% were employed full time, 29.3% were employed part-time and 8.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Bingera, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Bingera was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in South Bingera included Labourers 17.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.2%, Professionals 14.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.6%, Managers 11.2%, Sales Workers 10.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%.

Of the employed people in South Bingera, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 4.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.6% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Bingera was $450.

In South Bingera, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.0%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Other 2.4%, Truck 1.6% and Bus 1.2%. 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 79.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Bingera, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.1% provided care for children and 12.4% 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 South Bingera, 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Bingera, 35.1% were couple families with children, 58.0% were couple families without children and 6.9% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In South Bingera, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,874 and those without children was $1,562.

Employment status of couple families

In South Bingera, of couple families with children, 15.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 14.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Bingera, 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Bingera, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In South Bingera, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.6% had 2 bedrooms and 50.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Bingera, 40.4% were owned outright, 47.5% were owned with a mortgage and 10.3% were rented.

Household composition

In South Bingera, of all households, 78.4% were family households, 19.4% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In South Bingera, 27.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 South Bingera, 29.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Bingera, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 18.8%) were male and 13 (or 81.2%) were female. The median age was 26 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 South Bingera, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,333.

In South Bingera, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,486.