Shark Bay (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 857 people in Shark Bay (S) of these 53.4% were male and 46.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Shark Bay (S) was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.8% of the population.

Of people in Shark Bay (S) aged 15 years and over, 49.2% were married and 15.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Shark Bay (S) was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Shark Bay (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 46.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Shark Bay (S) was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Shark Bay (S) 17.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.4% were in primary school, 9.9% in secondary school and 10.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Shark Bay (S) were Australian 34.9%, English 32.6%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 6.1% and German 2.6%.

In Shark Bay (S), 77.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.4%, New Zealand 1.8%, Netherlands 1.4%, South Africa 0.7% and Germany 0.5%.

In Shark Bay (S), 60.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Shark Bay (S) were No Religion 30.4%, Anglican 25.1%, Catholic 23.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5% and Uniting Church 2.3%.

In Shark Bay (S) 93.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.6%, French 0.6%, Greek 0.4%, Italian 0.4% and Macedonian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 457 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Shark Bay (S). Of these 62.8% were employed full time, 26.3% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Shark Bay (S), 7.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Shark Bay (S) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Shark Bay (S) included Managers 16.7%, Labourers 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Professionals 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.5% and Sales Workers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Shark Bay (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 14.4%, Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying 14.2%, State Government Administration 7.9%, School Education 5.6% and Local Government Administration 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Shark Bay (S) was $567.

In Shark Bay (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 43.1%, Walked only 20.0%, Car, as passenger 8.8%, Other 3.8% and Bicycle 1.6%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Shark Bay (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.5% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.2% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Shark Bay (S), 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Shark Bay (S), 32.6% were couple families with children, 56.7% were couple families without children and 10.7% were one parent families.

In Shark Bay (S) 28.6% of single parents were male and 71.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Shark Bay (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,895 and those without children was $1,678.

Employment status of couple families

In Shark Bay (S), of couple families with children, 26.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 22.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Shark Bay (S), 70.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shark Bay (S), 70.3% were separate houses, 3.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.4% were flats, units or apartments and 13.8% were other dwellings.

In Shark Bay (S), of occupied private dwellings 12.0% had 1 bedroom, 18.6% had 2 bedrooms and 44.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shark Bay (S), 27.4% were owned outright, 12.6% were owned with a mortgage and 54.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Shark Bay (S), of all households, 62.5% were family households, 33.5% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Shark Bay (S), 30.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Shark Bay (S), 36.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Shark Bay (S), there were 73 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 43 (or 58.9%) were male and 30 (or 41.1%) were female. The median age was 45 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Shark Bay (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $737.

In Shark Bay (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.