Bar Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,122 people in Bar Beach of these 57.0% were male and 43.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Bar Beach was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.0% of the population.

Of people in Bar Beach aged 15 years and over, 35.1% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bar Beach was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Bar Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bar Beach was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Bar Beach 33.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.7% were in primary school, 19.8% in secondary school and 32.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bar Beach were English 28.3%, Australian 26.1%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 8.1% and German 3.3%.

In Bar Beach, 79.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, New Zealand 1.4%, South Africa 0.9%, Iran 0.8% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Bar Beach, 68.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bar Beach were No Religion 25.9%, Catholic 24.9%, Anglican 22.0%, Uniting Church 3.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Bar Beach 86.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.0%, Persian (excluding Dari) 0.8%, Italian 0.7%, German 0.6% and Afrikaans 0.4%.

Employment

There were 605 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bar Beach. Of these 59.5% were employed full time, 28.9% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bar Beach, 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bar Beach was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Bar Beach included Professionals 37.7%, Managers 13.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 7.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1% and Labourers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Bar Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.6%, Hospitals 6.2%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.2%, School Education 5.2% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bar Beach was $763.

In Bar Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.1%, Walked only 6.9%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Bicycle 2.3% and Bus 1.6%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bar Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.8% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.8% 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 Bar Beach, 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bar Beach, 46.2% were couple families with children, 40.4% were couple families without children and 9.8% were one parent families.

In Bar Beach 31.8% of single parents were male and 68.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bar Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $4,423 and those without children was $1,949.

Employment status of couple families

In Bar Beach, of couple families with children, 20.6% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 27.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bar Beach, 86.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bar Beach, 37.1% were separate houses, 12.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 50.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bar Beach, of occupied private dwellings 28.2% had 1 bedroom, 24.6% had 2 bedrooms and 20.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bar Beach, 22.9% were owned outright, 17.7% were owned with a mortgage and 55.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Bar Beach, of all households, 43.2% were family households, 49.0% were single person households and 7.7% were group households.

In Bar Beach, 35.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.7% 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 Bar Beach, 33.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bar Beach, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 80.0%) were male and 6 (or 20.0%) were female. The median age was 37 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 Bar Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,208.

In Bar Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $85 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.