Malua Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,803 people in Malua Bay of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Malua Bay was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.2% of the population.

Of people in Malua Bay aged 15 years and over, 60.1% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Malua Bay was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Malua Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Malua Bay was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Malua Bay 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.0% were in primary school, 23.1% in secondary school and 12.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Malua Bay were English 32.5%, Australian 27.5%, Irish 9.8%, Scottish 8.7% and German 3.2%.

In Malua Bay, 79.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.9%, New Zealand 1.8%, Croatia 1.2%, Scotland 1.0% and United States of America 0.7%.

In Malua Bay, 68.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Malua Bay were Anglican 27.5%, Catholic 25.7%, No Religion 21.5%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Malua Bay 91.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Croatian 1.2%, German 0.8%, Italian 0.4%, Spanish 0.3% and Greek 0.3%.

Employment

There were 727 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Malua Bay. Of these 49.8% were employed full time, 37.8% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Malua Bay, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Malua Bay was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Malua Bay included Professionals 16.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Sales Workers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.5%, Managers 11.2%, Labourers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Malua Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Accommodation 4.1%, Hospitals 3.8% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Malua Bay was $478.

In Malua 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 5.2%, Walked only 2.6%, Truck 2.3% and Bus 0.7%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Malua Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.3% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.3% 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 Malua Bay, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Malua Bay, 32.3% were couple families with children, 55.2% were couple families without children and 11.9% were one parent families.

In Malua Bay 22.1% of single parents were male and 77.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Malua Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,880 and those without children was $1,632.

Employment status of couple families

In Malua Bay, of couple families with children, 12.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 15.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Malua Bay, 55.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 44.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Malua Bay, 95.4% were separate houses, 1.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Malua Bay, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 11.2% had 2 bedrooms and 47.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Malua Bay, 46.5% were owned outright, 28.3% were owned with a mortgage and 22.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Malua Bay, of all households, 77.5% were family households, 20.9% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Malua Bay, 29.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Malua Bay, 36.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Malua Bay, there were 29 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 41.4%) were male and 17 (or 58.6%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Malua Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,012.

In Malua 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.