Bega Valley Shire

The residents

The residents section is presented in two sections to answer the following questions:

What are the characteristics of the local residents?
Where do the residents work?

The people who live in an area are one of the most important resources that an economy draws upon, both as a market that consumes goods and services and as a source of labour.

This data is from the Usual Resident dataset of the Census. It includes all the people who reside in the local area, including those people who are not in the labour force (such as the elderly, children, unpaid domestic workers and carers etc.). Presenting the characteristics of the total local residents in economy.id^® provides the context for understanding:

the characteristics of the local labour force (which is a subset of the total population);
the relationship between the residential role and function of the local area and its economic role and function;
the local market for goods and services.

More detailed information about the resident population, including suburb/locality profiles, can be found in Bega Valley Shire community profile at www.id.com.au/profile/begavalley.

Key statistics

The key statistics table draws together a number of key indicators for the resident population of the local area benchmarked to the region. It provides an overview of who resides in the area, and how their characteristics compare to those of the broader region. Access the detailed tables for further exploration of each characteristic.

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Key statistics of the residents Place of usual residence

Keystats for the residents, Bega Valley Shire 2006	2006
Keystats for the residents, Bega Valley Shire 2006	number	%	Regional NSW %
Persons
Persons	31,061	100.0	100.0
Age structure
0 to 14 years	6,069	19.5	20.4
15-24 years	3,170	10.2	12.4
25-54 years	11,479	37.0	38.5
55-64 years	4,571	14.7	12.2
65 years and over	5,772	18.6	16.5
Education institute attending
Primary school	2,755	8.9	8.9
Secondary school	2,368	7.6	7.0
TAFE	622	2.0	2.4
University	365	1.2	2.4
Proficiency in English
Speaks English only	2,912	82.8	69.5
Speaks another language and English not well or not at all	46	1.3	5.2
Speaks another language and English well or very well	519	14.8	24.2
Employment status (hours worked)
Full time	6,790	50.7	56.6
Part Time	5,334	39.8	33.8
Unemployed	937	7.0	7.0
Not in labour force	4,423	36.2	32.4
Qualifications
Bachelor or Higher degree	2,637	10.6	10.3
Certificate Level	5,315	21.3	20.2
No qualification	12,295	49.2	50.3
Household income
Nill to $799	5,914	49.5	44.6
$800 to $1699	3,535	29.6	29.1
$1700 or more	1,164	9.7	15.3
Household tenure
Owned	5,580	44.2	38.3
Purchasing	3,248	25.7	28.7
Renting	3,029	24.0	26.2
Dwelling structure
Separate house	10,407	67.1	72.1
Medium density	1,625	10.5	11.5
High density	3	0.0	1.9

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006.

Please refer to the specific data notes for more information.

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