Bilingurr

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 318 people in Bilingurr of these 56.3% were male and 43.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Bilingurr was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.5% of the population.

Of people in Bilingurr aged 15 years and over, 57.7% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bilingurr was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Bilingurr, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bilingurr was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 53 years.

In Bilingurr 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.1% were in primary school, 18.1% in secondary school and 13.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bilingurr were English 33.0%, Australian 30.7%, Irish 7.7%, Scottish 6.0% and German 3.0%.

In Bilingurr, 75.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.5%, Germany 2.8%, Austria 0.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.9% and France 0.9%.

In Bilingurr, 65.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bilingurr were No Religion 28.6%, Catholic 22.0%, Anglican 18.2%, Uniting Church 6.3% and Christian, nfd 3.1%.

In Bilingurr 85.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.9%, Italian 1.6%, Croatian 1.3%, French 0.9% and Korean 0.9%.

Employment

There were 174 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bilingurr. Of these 63.8% were employed full time, 23.0% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bilingurr, 7.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bilingurr was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Bilingurr included Managers 20.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.5%, Professionals 17.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%, Sales Workers 4.4% and Labourers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Bilingurr, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 6.2%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 5.0%, Building Installation Services 3.8%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.8% and Local Government Administration 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bilingurr was $836.

In Bilingurr, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.7%, Walked only 8.8%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Bicycle 3.1% and Other 2.5%. 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 60.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bilingurr, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.7% provided care for children and 5.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.3% 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 Bilingurr, 32.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bilingurr, 38.8% were couple families with children, 52.9% were couple families without children and 8.2% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Bilingurr, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,062 and those without children was $1,937.

Employment status of couple families

In Bilingurr, of couple families with children, 26.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 15.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bilingurr, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bilingurr, 63.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 36.4% were other dwellings.

In Bilingurr, of occupied private dwellings 21.1% had 1 bedroom, 11.9% had 2 bedrooms and 20.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bilingurr, 50.9% were owned outright, 19.8% were owned with a mortgage and 23.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Bilingurr, of all households, 75.7% were family households, 21.5% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Bilingurr, 21.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.3% 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 Bilingurr, 29.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bilingurr, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 61.1%) were male and 7 (or 38.9%) were female. The median age was 39 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 Bilingurr, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Bilingurr, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $425 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.