Ashbourne Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Ashbourne (3442) is a suburb of Northern Victoria, Bendigo, Victoria. It is about 66 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Ashbourne is in the federal electorate of Bendigo.

In the 2011 census the population of Ashbourne was 264 and is comprised of approximately 48.1% females and 51.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Ashbourne is 45 years of age.

82.8% of people living in the suburb of Ashbourne were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.7% England, 3.1% Germany, 2.7% New Zealand, 1.9% Italy.

90.9% of people living in Ashbourne speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.3% Italian, 1.1% Indonesian, 1.1% German.

The religious makeup of Ashbourne is 33.7% No religion, 28.0% Catholic, 16.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 11.0% Anglican, 4.9% Uniting Church, 1.5% Lutheran, 1.1% Jehovah's Witnesses, 1.1% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.1% Buddhism, 1.1% Other religious affiliation .

58.2% of people are married, 23.9% have never married and 8.9% are divorced and 4.7% are separated. There are 9 widowed people living in Ashbourne.

60.4% of the people living in Ashbourne over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.6% are working on a part time basis. Ashbourne has an unemployment rate of 6.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Ashbourne are 27.9% Professionals, 17.6% Managers, 14.0% Technicians & trades workers, 11.8% Community & personal service workers, 10.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 6.6% Sales workers, 5.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 4.4% Labourers, 2.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Ashbourne work in are 16.8% Health care and social assistance, 14.5% Education and training, 9.9% Construction, 9.2% Transport, postal and warehousing, 8.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 8.4% Manufacturing, 6.1% Public administration and safety, 4.6% Wholesale trade, 4.6% Agriculture, forestry and fishing.

45.7% of homes are fully owned, and 46.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 7.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $679 per week and the median household income is $1924 per week.

The median rent in Ashbourne is $133 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2334 per month.

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