Bandy Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 250 people in Bandy Creek of these 54.0% were male and 46.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Bandy Creek was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.8% of the population.

Of people in Bandy Creek aged 15 years and over, 63.4% were married and 3.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bandy Creek was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Bandy Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bandy Creek was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Bandy Creek 23.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.4% were in primary school, 25.4% in secondary school and 6.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bandy Creek were Australian 34.5%, English 33.0%, Scottish 6.7%, Irish 4.9% and German 4.1%.

In Bandy Creek, 84.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.8%, South Africa 2.8%, Belgium 1.6%, Germany 1.2% and Netherlands 1.2%.

In Bandy Creek, 70.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bandy Creek were No Religion 36.5%, Anglican 17.7%, Catholic 12.9%, Lutheran 6.4% and Uniting Church 5.6%.

In Bandy Creek 94.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.2%, Dutch 1.2%, Afrikaans 1.2% and Lithuanian 1.2%.

Employment

There were 155 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bandy Creek. Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 36.8% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bandy Creek, 14.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bandy Creek was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Bandy Creek included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Labourers 13.5%, Professionals 12.3%, Managers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.3% and Sales Workers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Bandy Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, Building Installation Services 5.2% and Hospitals 5.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bandy Creek was $700.

In Bandy Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 71.6%, Car, as passenger 5.2% and Truck 1.9%. 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 76.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bandy Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 84.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 7.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.1% 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 Bandy Creek, 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bandy Creek, 49.3% were couple families with children, 42.7% were couple families without children and 8.0% were one parent families.

In Bandy Creek 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bandy Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $2,463.

Employment status of couple families

In Bandy Creek, of couple families with children, 20.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 29.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bandy Creek, 88.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bandy Creek, 91.9% were separate houses, 4.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.5% were other dwellings.

In Bandy Creek, of occupied private dwellings 8.2% had 1 bedroom, 5.9% had 2 bedrooms and 11.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bandy Creek, 43.2% were owned outright, 40.9% were owned with a mortgage and 12.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Bandy Creek, of all households, 87.1% were family households, 12.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Bandy Creek, 10.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.5% 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 Bandy Creek, 13.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 47.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bandy Creek, 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 Bandy Creek, 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 Bandy Creek, 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.