Bonny Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,659 people in Bonny Hills of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Bonny Hills was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.1% of the population.

Of people in Bonny Hills aged 15 years and over, 58.4% were married and 14.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bonny Hills was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Bonny Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bonny Hills was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Bonny Hills 30.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.2% were in primary school, 29.4% in secondary school and 15.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bonny Hills were Australian 33.3%, English 33.0%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 8.9% and German 2.6%.

In Bonny Hills, 87.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, New Zealand 0.8%, Scotland 0.6%, Netherlands 0.5% and South Africa 0.3%.

In Bonny Hills, 78.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bonny Hills were Anglican 28.2%, Catholic 25.9%, No Religion 20.5%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Bonny Hills 95.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.2%, Aboriginal English, so described 0.2%, Dutch 0.2%, French 0.2% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,121 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bonny Hills. Of these 53.5% were employed full time, 36.1% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bonny Hills, 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bonny Hills was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Bonny Hills included Professionals 20.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Sales Workers 12.1%, Managers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Labourers 9.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Bonny Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.8%, Hospitals 4.3%, Residential Care Services 4.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bonny Hills was $475.

In Bonny Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.7%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Walked only 1.5%, Truck 1.1% and Motorbike/scooter 0.9%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bonny Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.5% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.8% 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 Bonny Hills, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bonny Hills, 39.2% were couple families with children, 45.7% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

In Bonny Hills 21.3% of single parents were male and 78.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bonny Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,866 and those without children was $1,726.

Employment status of couple families

In Bonny Hills, of couple families with children, 16.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 19.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bonny Hills, 89.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bonny Hills, 97.3% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Bonny Hills, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 10.7% had 2 bedrooms and 43.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bonny Hills, 44.5% were owned outright, 34.8% were owned with a mortgage and 18.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Bonny Hills, of all households, 80.7% were family households, 16.8% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Bonny Hills, 28.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.8% 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 Bonny Hills, 38.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bonny Hills, there were 71 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 32 (or 45.1%) were male and 39 (or 54.9%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Bonny Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Bonny Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.