Bonbeach Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Bonbeach (3196) is a suburb of Melbourne, Bayside, Victoria. It is about 31 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Bonbeach is in the federal electorate of Isaacs.

In the 2011 census the population of Bonbeach was 5,733 and is comprised of approximately 52.3% females and 47.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Bonbeach is 40 years of age.

70.8% of people living in the suburb of Bonbeach were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.7% England, 1.9% New Zealand, 1.3% China , 1.0% India, 1.0% Scotland, 0.6% Philippines, 0.6% Sri Lanka, 0.6% Germany, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.5% Russian Federation, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% United States of America, 0.4% Greece, 0.4% Mauritius.

81.7% of people living in Bonbeach speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.6% Other, 1.2% Mandarin, 1.1% Italian, 1.0% Greek, 1.0% Russian, 0.6% Dutch, 0.5% Hungarian, 0.4% German.

The religious makeup of Bonbeach is 28.1% Catholic, 27.5% No religion, 16.3% Anglican, 11.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.4% Uniting Church, 2.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.3% Eastern Orthodox, 1.4% Baptist, 1.3% Christian, nfd, 1.2% Other religious affiliation .

42.7% of people are married, 35.4% have never married and 12.0% are divorced and 3.6% are separated. There are 313 widowed people living in Bonbeach.

63.7% of the people living in Bonbeach over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.0% are working on a part time basis. Bonbeach has an unemployment rate of 4.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Bonbeach are 21.2% Professionals, 17.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 16.3% Technicians & trades workers, 12.1% Managers, 9.6% Community & personal service workers, 9.4% Sales workers, 6.8% Labourers, 5.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Bonbeach work in are 11.7% Manufacturing, 11.5% Health care and social assistance, 10.6% Construction, 9.6% Retail trade, 7.9% Professional, scientific and technical services, 7.8% Education and training, 6.2% Public administration and safety, 5.7% Wholesale trade, 4.7% Financial and insurance services.

30.5% of homes are fully owned, and 36.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 30.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $659 per week and the median household income is $1142 per week.

The median rent in Bonbeach is $277 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1816 per month.

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