Bowning (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 295 people in Bowning (L) of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Bowning (L) was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.1% of the population.

Of people in Bowning (L) aged 15 years and over, 48.9% were married and 16.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bowning (L) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Bowning (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 46.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bowning (L) was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Bowning (L) 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.2% were in primary school, 29.1% in secondary school and 19.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bowning (L) were Australian 32.3%, English 29.3%, Irish 11.3%, Scottish 9.4% and German 4.2%.

In Bowning (L), 82.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.1%, New Zealand 3.4%, Germany 1.4% and Philippines 1.4%.

In Bowning (L), 73.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bowning (L) were Anglican 29.1%, Catholic 27.4%, No Religion 22.6%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.7%.

In Bowning (L) 97.3% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 147 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bowning (L). Of these 53.1% were employed full time, 31.3% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bowning (L), 14.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 31.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bowning (L) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Bowning (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.4%, Labourers 14.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.6%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Managers 9.1%, Professionals 8.4% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Bowning (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 8.4%, Road Freight Transport 6.3%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5% and Central Government Administration 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bowning (L) was $509.

In Bowning (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.3%, Car, as passenger 9.2%, Truck 4.2%, Walked only 4.2% and Bus 2.1%. On the day, 4.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bowning (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.9% provided care for children and 8.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.6% 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 Bowning (L), 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bowning (L), 41.0% were couple families with children, 41.0% were couple families without children and 18.1% were one parent families.

In Bowning (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bowning (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $500.

Employment status of couple families

In Bowning (L), of couple families with children, 7.2% had both partners employed full-time, 5.8% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bowning (L), 88.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bowning (L), 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 Bowning (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 13.7% had 2 bedrooms and 49.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bowning (L), 30.0% were owned outright, 49.0% were owned with a mortgage and 18.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Bowning (L), of all households, 80.8% were family households, 16.2% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Bowning (L), 21.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.1% 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 Bowning (L), 27.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bowning (L), there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 41.2%) were male and 10 (or 58.8%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Bowning (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,233.

In Bowning (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $70 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.