Canada Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,296 people in Canada Bay of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Canada Bay was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.3% of the population.

Of people in Canada Bay aged 15 years and over, 52.5% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Canada Bay was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Canada Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Canada Bay was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Canada Bay 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.6% were in primary school, 23.2% in secondary school and 25.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Canada Bay were Italian 20.1%, Australian 15.6%, English 14.2%, Chinese 8.7% and Irish 7.7%.

In Canada Bay, 63.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 7.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.7%, England 2.8%, New Zealand 1.5% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.2%.

In Canada Bay, 33.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 55.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Canada Bay were Catholic 46.6%, No Religion 13.8%, Anglican 12.7%, Eastern Orthodox 7.0% and Buddhism 3.4%.

In Canada Bay 57.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 13.1%, Cantonese 4.1%, Greek 3.6%, Mandarin 3.2% and Spanish 2.2%.

Employment

There were 696 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Canada Bay. Of these 65.5% were employed full time, 26.0% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Canada Bay, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.8% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Canada Bay included Professionals 27.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.4%, Managers 15.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.7%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%, Labourers 6.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Canada Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Depository Financial Intermediation 4.2%, Hospitals 4.2%, School Education 4.1%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 3.0% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Canada Bay was $745.

In Canada Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.4%, Bus 6.8%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Train 3.5% and Train, bus 2.0%. On the day, 15.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Canada Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.1% 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 Canada Bay, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Canada Bay, 47.6% were couple families with children, 34.1% were couple families without children and 17.2% were one parent families.

In Canada Bay 14.9% of single parents were male and 85.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Canada Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,805 and those without children was $2,463.

Employment status of couple families

In Canada Bay, of couple families with children, 25.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 23.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Canada Bay, 90.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Canada Bay, 64.4% were separate houses, 14.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 20.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Canada Bay, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 38.4% had 2 bedrooms and 39.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Canada Bay, 33.5% were owned outright, 33.7% were owned with a mortgage and 30.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Canada Bay, of all households, 76.3% were family households, 18.5% were single person households and 5.3% were group households.

In Canada Bay, 17.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.3% 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 Canada 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 9.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Canada Bay, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 69 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 Canada Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Canada Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $400 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.