Bovell

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 389 people in Bovell of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Bovell was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7% of the population.

Of people in Bovell aged 15 years and over, 69.3% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bovell was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Bovell, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bovell was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 55 years.

In Bovell 26.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 49.0% were in primary school, 27.0% in secondary school and 9.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bovell were Australian 39.0%, English 34.9%, Irish 7.6%, Scottish 7.3% and Italian 4.3%.

In Bovell, 83.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.2%, New Zealand 1.5%, Germany 1.0%, Malaysia 1.0% and Northern Ireland 1.0%.

In Bovell, 68.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bovell were Anglican 35.4%, Catholic 25.3%, No Religion 20.4%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Bovell 96.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.0% and Italian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 197 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bovell. Of these 50.3% were employed full time, 38.6% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bovell, 14.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bovell was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Bovell included Managers 19.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Professionals 14.0%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0% and Labourers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Bovell, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.5%, Metal Ore Mining 5.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bovell was $564.

In Bovell, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.1%, Car, as passenger 3.2%, Other 2.7%, Walked only 2.7% and Bus 1.6%. On the day, 3.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bovell, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.0% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.6% 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 Bovell, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bovell, 48.2% were couple families with children, 43.8% were couple families without children and 8.0% were one parent families.

In Bovell 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bovell, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,424 and those without children was $2,187.

Employment status of couple families

In Bovell, of couple families with children, 12.5% had both partners employed full-time, 10.6% had both employed part-time and 24.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bovell, 86.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bovell, 97.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In Bovell, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 13.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bovell, 51.2% were owned outright, 39.8% were owned with a mortgage and 4.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Bovell, of all households, 91.7% were family households, 8.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Bovell, 21.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.3% 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 Bovell, 11.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 53.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bovell, 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 Bovell, 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 Bovell, 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.