Bonnet Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 502 people in Bonnet Hill of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Bonnet Hill was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.7% of the population.

Of people in Bonnet Hill aged 15 years and over, 62.4% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bonnet Hill was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Bonnet Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bonnet Hill was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Bonnet Hill 28.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 46.9% were in primary school, 25.2% in secondary school and 17.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bonnet Hill were English 37.9%, Australian 27.9%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 8.0% and German 2.9%.

In Bonnet Hill, 76.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 12.3%, United States of America 1.8%, New Zealand 1.0%, Germany 0.8% and India 0.8%.

In Bonnet Hill, 60.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bonnet Hill were No Religion 45.0%, Anglican 19.7%, Catholic 14.1%, Christian, nfd 5.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In Bonnet Hill 95.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Irish 0.6%, German 0.6%, Greek 0.6%, Italian 0.6% and Mandarin 0.6%.

Employment

There were 254 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bonnet Hill. Of these 52.4% were employed full time, 41.3% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bonnet Hill, 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bonnet Hill was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Bonnet Hill included Professionals 41.6%, Managers 16.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.5%, Labourers 4.5%, Sales Workers 3.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in Bonnet Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.4%, State Government Administration 5.7%, Tertiary Education 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9% and Scientific Research Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bonnet Hill was $772.

In Bonnet Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.8%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Bicycle 3.3%, Bus 2.5% and Other 2.5%. On the day, 4.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bonnet Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 85.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.7% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.7% 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 Bonnet Hill, 34.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bonnet Hill, 55.5% were couple families with children, 39.4% were couple families without children and 5.1% were one parent families.

In Bonnet Hill 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bonnet Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,772 and those without children was $1,949.

Employment status of couple families

In Bonnet Hill, of couple families with children, 12.2% had both partners employed full-time, 10.7% had both employed part-time and 28.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bonnet Hill, 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bonnet Hill, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bonnet Hill, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 7.8% had 2 bedrooms and 41.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bonnet Hill, 50.9% were owned outright, 40.7% were owned with a mortgage and 8.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Bonnet Hill, of all households, 82.5% were family households, 15.1% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Bonnet Hill, 6.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.2% 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 Bonnet Hill, 25.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 55.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bonnet Hill, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 49 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 Bonnet Hill, 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 Bonnet Hill, 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.