Blue Haven

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,167 people in Blue Haven of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Blue Haven was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.7% of the population.

Of people in Blue Haven aged 15 years and over, 49.7% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blue Haven was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Blue Haven, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Blue Haven was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Blue Haven 33.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.1% were in primary school, 24.6% in secondary school and 11.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Blue Haven were Australian 36.4%, English 31.1%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 6.1% and Italian 2.2%.

In Blue Haven, 84.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, New Zealand 1.4%, Scotland 0.5%, South Africa 0.5% and Philippines 0.5%.

In Blue Haven, 70.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blue Haven were Anglican 30.4%, Catholic 28.5%, No Religion 18.9%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.4%.

In Blue Haven 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.5%, Italian 0.4%, Maltese 0.4%, German 0.3% and Arabic 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,661 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blue Haven. Of these 56.4% were employed full time, 29.0% were employed part-time and 8.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blue Haven, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Blue Haven was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Blue Haven included Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Sales Workers 13.8%, Labourers 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.4%, Professionals 10.6% and Managers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Blue Haven, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Residential Care Services 3.4%, Hospitals 2.9% and School Education 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blue Haven was $491.

In Blue Haven, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.1%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Train 1.5%, Truck 1.3% and Train, car as driver 0.9%. 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 77.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blue Haven, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.9% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.7% 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 Blue Haven, 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blue Haven, 47.3% were couple families with children, 30.2% were couple families without children and 21.5% were one parent families.

In Blue Haven 13.5% of single parents were male and 86.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blue Haven, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,882 and those without children was $1,842.

Employment status of couple families

In Blue Haven, of couple families with children, 21.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 19.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blue Haven, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blue Haven, 98.1% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Blue Haven, of occupied private dwellings 0.7% had 1 bedroom, 3.0% had 2 bedrooms and 48.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blue Haven, 24.0% were owned outright, 45.2% were owned with a mortgage and 27.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Blue Haven, of all households, 80.9% were family households, 16.6% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Blue Haven, 24.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 Blue Haven, 39.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blue Haven, there were 305 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 159 (or 52.1%) were male and 146 (or 47.9%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Blue Haven, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $979.

In Blue Haven, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $290 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.