Booker Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,136 people in Booker Bay of these 46.8% were male and 53.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Booker Bay was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 30.5% of the population.

Of people in Booker Bay aged 15 years and over, 40.7% were married and 16.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Booker Bay was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Booker Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Booker Bay was 64 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Booker Bay 21.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.6% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 16.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Booker Bay were English 30.9%, Australian 30.4%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 7.7% and German 2.3%.

In Booker Bay, 81.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, New Zealand 1.9%, Netherlands 0.8%, United States of America 0.4% and Italy 0.4%.

In Booker Bay, 71.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Booker Bay were Anglican 33.3%, Catholic 25.7%, No Religion 17.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6% and Uniting Church 3.2%.

In Booker Bay 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.7%, Italian 0.4%, German 0.3%, Dutch 0.3% and Icelandic 0.3%.

Employment

There were 437 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Booker Bay. Of these 50.6% were employed full time, 31.1% were employed part-time and 9.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Booker Bay, 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Booker Bay was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Booker Bay included Professionals 17.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Managers 13.7%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Labourers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Booker Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.8%, School Education 4.0%, Residential Care Services 4.0%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 3.8% and Building Installation Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Booker Bay was $473.

In Booker Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.9%, Train 7.1%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Train, bus 2.5% and Bus 2.3%. On the day, 18.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Booker Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.2% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.8% 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 Booker Bay, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Booker Bay, 24.3% were couple families with children, 48.6% were couple families without children and 24.6% were one parent families.

In Booker Bay 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Booker Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,392 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Booker Bay, of couple families with children, 10.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 10.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Booker Bay, 77.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Booker Bay, 54.2% were separate houses, 14.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 29.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Booker Bay, of occupied private dwellings 6.1% had 1 bedroom, 33.0% had 2 bedrooms and 43.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Booker Bay, 40.9% were owned outright, 15.3% were owned with a mortgage and 37.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Booker Bay, of all households, 62.5% were family households, 34.5% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Booker Bay, 39.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Booker Bay, 45.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Booker Bay, there were 59 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 33 (or 55.9%) were male and 26 (or 44.1%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Booker Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $762.

In Booker Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.