Bowmans

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 312 people in Bowmans of these 53.8% were male and 46.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Bowmans was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.5% of the population.

Of people in Bowmans aged 15 years and over, 49.4% were married and 14.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bowmans was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Bowmans, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.1% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In Bowmans 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.4% were in primary school, 19.8% in secondary school and 14.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bowmans were Australian 30.8%, English 26.2%, Scottish 7.5%, German 7.2% and Irish 6.0%.

In Bowmans, 76.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 6.1%, England 3.9%, Germany 1.6%, Iran 1.3% and Ireland 1.3%.

In Bowmans, 66.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bowmans were No Religion 26.6%, Catholic 21.2%, Uniting Church 20.2%, Anglican 8.3% and Christian, nfd 2.2%.

In Bowmans 84.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Filipino 6.7%, Italian 1.0%, Persian (excluding Dari) 1.0% and Tagalog 1.0%.

Employment

There were 136 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bowmans. Of these 61.8% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bowmans, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bowmans was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Bowmans included Managers 37.9%, Labourers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.1%, Professionals 7.3%, Sales Workers 7.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Bowmans, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 25.2%, Defence 9.8%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 8.1%, Poultry Farming 7.3% and Other Livestock Farming 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bowmans was $524.

In Bowmans, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.7%, Walked only 12.2%, Motorbike/scooter 3.3%, Car, as passenger 2.4% and Other 2.4%. 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 58.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bowmans, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.1% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.3% 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 Bowmans, 20.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bowmans, 46.8% were couple families with children, 31.6% were couple families without children and 17.7% were one parent families.

In Bowmans 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bowmans, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $966 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Bowmans, of couple families with children, 20.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 16.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bowmans, 78.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bowmans, 96.6% were separate houses, 3.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bowmans, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 9.3% had 2 bedrooms and 61.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bowmans, 34.5% were owned outright, 31.1% were owned with a mortgage and 31.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Bowmans, of all households, 66.1% were family households, 31.4% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Bowmans, 34.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Bowmans, 29.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bowmans, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Bowmans, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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