Bluff Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,337 people in Bluff Point of these 45.0% were male and 55.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Bluff Point was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 26.3% of the population.

Of people in Bluff Point aged 15 years and over, 47.4% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bluff Point was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Bluff Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bluff Point was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Bluff Point 24.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.9% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 13.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bluff Point were Australian 34.3%, English 32.1%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 5.7% and Italian 4.2%.

In Bluff Point, 78.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.8%, New Zealand 2.2%, Philippines 1.2%, Italy 1.0% and South Africa 0.8%.

In Bluff Point, 63.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bluff Point were Catholic 30.2%, Anglican 26.1%, No Religion 19.3%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Christian, nfd 4.0%.

In Bluff Point 88.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.3%, Filipino 0.7%, Malay 0.6%, Cantonese 0.5% and Afrikaans 0.4%.

Employment

There were 639 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bluff Point. Of these 60.4% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bluff Point, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bluff Point was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Bluff Point included Professionals 18.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.0%, Labourers 10.8%, Managers 10.6%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Bluff Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Building Installation Services 3.8%, Hospitals 2.8% and Building Completion Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bluff Point was $589.

In Bluff Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.2%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Walked only 2.4%, Bicycle 2.1% and Other 2.0%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bluff Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.9% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.5% 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 Bluff Point, 24.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bluff Point, 37.2% were couple families with children, 47.2% were couple families without children and 14.5% were one parent families.

In Bluff Point 18.0% of single parents were male and 82.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bluff Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,416 and those without children was $2,116.

Employment status of couple families

In Bluff Point, of couple families with children, 17.2% had both partners employed full-time, 7.2% had both employed part-time and 22.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bluff Point, 85.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bluff Point, 73.2% were separate houses, 16.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bluff Point, of occupied private dwellings 5.5% had 1 bedroom, 17.6% had 2 bedrooms and 42.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bluff Point, 38.3% were owned outright, 20.7% were owned with a mortgage and 36.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Bluff Point, of all households, 65.6% were family households, 33.0% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Bluff Point, 25.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.1% 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 Bluff Point, 32.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bluff Point, there were 61 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 26 (or 42.6%) were male and 35 (or 57.4%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Bluff Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $759.

In Bluff Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $224 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,145.