East Bendigo Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

East Bendigo (3550) is a suburb of Northern Victoria, Bendigo, Victoria. It is about 132 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. East Bendigo is in the federal electorate of Bendigo.

In the 2011 census the population of East Bendigo was 2,153 and is comprised of approximately 52.4% females and 47.6% males.

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

89.3% of people living in the suburb of East Bendigo were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.5% England, 1.0% New Zealand, 0.5% India, 0.5% Sri Lanka, 0.4% Papua New Guinea, 0.4% Fiji, 0.4% Scotland, 0.3% Bangladesh, 0.3% Philippines, 0.2% China , 0.2% Netherlands, 0.2% Russian Federation, 0.2% Malaysia, 0.2% Saudi Arabia.

93.5% of people living in East Bendigo speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.9% Other, 0.6% Sinhalese, 0.2% French, 0.2% Turkish, 0.2% Dari, 0.2% Filipino , 0.2% Italian, 0.1% Russian.

The religious makeup of East Bendigo is 28.6% Catholic, 21.6% No religion, 17.9% Anglican, 9.1% Uniting Church, 7.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.8% Christian, nfd, 1.8% Baptist, 1.7% Pentecostal, 1.0% Buddhism.

42.9% of people are married, 37.2% have never married and 9.1% are divorced and 3.0% are separated. There are 142 widowed people living in East Bendigo.

57.7% of the people living in East Bendigo over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.2% are working on a part time basis. East Bendigo has an unemployment rate of 4.9%.

The main occupations of people living in East Bendigo are 21.2% Professionals, 16.0% Technicians & trades workers, 13.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.4% Sales workers, 10.8% Labourers, 9.7% Community & personal service workers, 9.5% Managers, 5.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from East Bendigo work in are 14.6% Health care and social assistance, 12.2% Retail trade, 10.8% Manufacturing, 8.1% Education and training, 8.0% Construction, 5.9% Accommodation and food services, 5.8% Public administration and safety, 5.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.5% Transport, postal and warehousing.

37.2% of homes are fully owned, and 26.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 33.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $554 per week and the median household income is $946 per week.

The median rent in East Bendigo is $214 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1300 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for East Bendigo postcode 3550