Watsons Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 918 people in Watsons Bay of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Watsons Bay was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.

Of people in Watsons Bay aged 15 years and over, 44.9% were married and 7.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Watsons Bay was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Watsons Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Watsons Bay was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Watsons Bay 35.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.2% were in primary school, 11.8% in secondary school and 14.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Watsons Bay were English 27.6%, Australian 21.3%, Irish 10.7%, Scottish 5.8% and German 3.5%.

In Watsons Bay, 63.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.7%, South Africa 2.3%, New Zealand 2.1%, United States of America 1.0% and Canada 0.8%.

In Watsons Bay, 46.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Watsons Bay were Catholic 23.7%, Anglican 22.6%, No Religion 20.1%, Judaism 7.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.7%.

In Watsons Bay 81.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, Russian 0.4%, Dutch 0.3%, Swedish 0.3% and Finnish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 467 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Watsons Bay. Of these 65.5% were employed full time, 25.9% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Watsons Bay, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Watsons Bay was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Watsons Bay were Managers 35.1%, Professionals 28.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.4%, Sales Workers 4.4% and Labourers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Watsons Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 32.3%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.1%, Management and Related Consulting Services 2.2%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 2.0% and Real Estate Services 2.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Watsons Bay was $928.

In Watsons Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 31.1%, Walked only 28.2%, Bus 4.2%, Other 4.0% and Train, bus 2.2%. On the day, 11.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 33.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Watsons Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.6% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.2% 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 Watsons Bay, 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Watsons Bay, 50.8% were couple families with children, 35.4% were couple families without children and 11.6% were one parent families.

In Watsons Bay 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Watsons Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,575 and those without children was $3,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Watsons Bay, of couple families with children, 21.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 21.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Watsons Bay, 84.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Watsons Bay, 50.2% were separate houses, 15.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 33.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

In Watsons Bay, of occupied private dwellings 7.6% had 1 bedroom, 32.7% had 2 bedrooms and 30.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Watsons Bay, 39.9% were owned outright, 24.3% were owned with a mortgage and 26.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Watsons Bay, of all households, 67.8% were family households, 31.1% were single person households and 1.1% were group households.

In Watsons Bay, 14.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 28.7% 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 Watsons Bay, 37.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Watsons Bay, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Watsons Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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