Callala Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,121 people in Callala Bay of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Callala Bay was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.3% of the population.

Of people in Callala Bay aged 15 years and over, 55.0% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Callala Bay was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Callala Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.0% 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 Callala Bay was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Callala Bay 34.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.7% were in primary school, 26.0% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Callala Bay were Australian 31.5%, English 30.6%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 5.3% and German 2.8%.

In Callala Bay, 78.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, New Zealand 0.8%, Croatia 0.7%, Netherlands 0.7% and Germany 0.6%.

In Callala Bay, 68.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Callala Bay were Anglican 26.2%, Catholic 24.7%, No Religion 20.6%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Callala Bay 88.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Croatian 0.9%, Italian 0.7%, Maltese 0.5%, Serbian 0.5% and Spanish 0.4%.

Employment

There were 790 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Callala Bay. Of these 53.0% were employed full time, 32.9% were employed part-time and 8.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Callala Bay, 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Callala Bay was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Callala Bay included Professionals 18.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Sales Workers 12.0%, Labourers 12.0%, Managers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Callala Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 6.9%, School Education 5.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.5%, Local Government Administration 4.0% and Residential Care Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Callala Bay was $425.

In Callala Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.0%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Walked only 2.8%, Truck 1.4% and Bicycle 1.0%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Callala Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.6% provided care for children and 14.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.9% 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 Callala Bay, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Callala Bay, 38.2% were couple families with children, 43.3% were couple families without children and 17.8% were one parent families.

In Callala Bay 18.1% of single parents were male and 81.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Callala Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,929 and those without children was $1,781.

Employment status of couple families

In Callala Bay, of couple families with children, 13.3% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 15.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Callala Bay, 67.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 32.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Callala Bay, 99.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Callala Bay, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 7.8% had 2 bedrooms and 43.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Callala Bay, 42.8% were owned outright, 28.5% were owned with a mortgage and 26.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Callala Bay, of all households, 79.3% were family households, 19.0% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Callala Bay, 31.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 Callala Bay, 37.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Callala Bay, there were 97 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 53 (or 54.6%) were male and 44 (or 45.4%) 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 Callala Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

In Callala Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $265 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,610.