Bateau Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,759 people in Bateau Bay of these 46.3% were male and 53.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Bateau Bay was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.2% of the population.

Of people in Bateau Bay aged 15 years and over, 46.7% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bateau Bay was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Bateau Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bateau Bay was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Bateau Bay 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 23.6% in secondary school and 18.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bateau Bay were Australian 34.0%, English 32.8%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 7.6% and German 2.3%.

In Bateau Bay, 84.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 0.7%, Ireland 0.4% and Netherlands 0.3%.

In Bateau Bay, 72.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bateau Bay were Anglican 30.4%, Catholic 30.1%, No Religion 16.6%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Bateau Bay 94.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.4%, Spanish 0.2%, Maltese 0.2%, Cantonese 0.2% and Greek 0.1%.

Employment

There were 5,318 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bateau Bay. Of these 54.2% were employed full time, 32.9% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bateau Bay, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bateau Bay was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Bateau Bay included Professionals 17.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.8%, Sales Workers 12.8%, Managers 9.9%, Labourers 9.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Bateau Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Residential Care Services 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4% and Residential Building Construction 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bateau Bay was $471.

In Bateau Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.6%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Truck 1.6%, Walked only 1.6% and Bus 1.3%. On the day, 4.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bateau Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.3% 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 Bateau Bay, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bateau Bay, 40.8% were couple families with children, 38.2% were couple families without children and 19.9% were one parent families.

In Bateau Bay 13.6% of single parents were male and 86.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bateau Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,099 and those without children was $1,947.

Employment status of couple families

In Bateau Bay, of couple families with children, 18.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bateau Bay, 90.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bateau Bay, 79.2% were separate houses, 9.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Bateau Bay, of occupied private dwellings 5.8% had 1 bedroom, 14.0% had 2 bedrooms and 43.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bateau Bay, 35.6% were owned outright, 33.9% were owned with a mortgage and 24.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Bateau Bay, of all households, 69.2% were family households, 28.5% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Bateau Bay, 33.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.5% 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 Bateau Bay, 37.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bateau Bay, there were 329 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 142 (or 43.2%) were male and 187 (or 56.8%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Bateau Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $860.

In Bateau Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,500.