Fennell Bay

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,028 people were counted in Fennell Bay: of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Of the total population 1.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Fennell Bay there were 440 children aged 0-14 years and 506 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Fennell Bay, 1,899 people were Australian citizens, 163 were born overseas and 4 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Fennell Bay, 55.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.9% were separated or divorced, 6.3% were widowed and 26.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Fennell Bay, 86.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Fennell Bay were England 3.1%, New Zealand 0.9%, Scotland 0.7%, Netherlands 0.5% and Germany 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Fennell Bay on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 30.4%, Catholic 20.5%, No Religion 14.5%, Uniting Church 12.6% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Fennell Bay, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.4%, Thai 0.2%, Polish 0.2%, Netherlandic 0.1% and French 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 95.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 864 people aged 15 years and over in Fennell Bay were in the labour force. Of these 50.0% worked full-time, 35.1% worked part-time, 5.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.3% were unemployed. 689 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Fennell Bay, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 9.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Associate Professionals 4.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.2%, Managers and Administrators 2.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Fennell Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 4.4%, Education 4.0%, Food Retailing 3.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.1% and Business Services 2.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Fennell Bay, 614 families were counted: of these, 37.3% were couple families without children, 41.4% were couple families with children, 19.5% were one parent families and 1.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Fennell Bay, 770 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Fennell Bay, 94.3% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Fennell Bay, 48.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 27.4% were being purchased and 19.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Fennell Bay, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 40.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 24.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 33.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Fennell Bay, 78.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 19.0% were single (or lone) person households and 1.6% were group households.