Apollo Bay (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,095 people in Apollo Bay (Vic.) of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Apollo Bay (Vic.) was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.7% of the population.

Of people in Apollo Bay (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 46.0% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Apollo Bay (Vic.) was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Apollo Bay (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 42.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Apollo Bay (Vic.) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Apollo Bay (Vic.) 24.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.2% were in primary school, 18.0% in secondary school and 12.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Apollo Bay (Vic.) were Australian 29.2%, English 28.2%, Irish 11.5%, Scottish 10.2% and German 2.4%.

In Apollo Bay (Vic.), 78.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, New Zealand 1.0%, Scotland 0.6%, Germany 0.5% and Greece 0.5%.

In Apollo Bay (Vic.), 71.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Apollo Bay (Vic.) were No Religion 29.7%, Catholic 19.5%, Anglican 17.6%, Uniting Church 8.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Apollo Bay (Vic.) 88.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.8%, Filipino 0.8%, Nepali 0.6%, Russian 0.4% and Macedonian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 511 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Apollo Bay (Vic.). Of these 48.1% were employed full time, 37.8% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Apollo Bay (Vic.), 15.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Apollo Bay (Vic.) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Apollo Bay (Vic.) included Managers 18.5%, Labourers 17.8%, Professionals 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Apollo Bay (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 18.1%, Hospitals 6.9%, School Education 6.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.5% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Apollo Bay (Vic.) was $496.

In Apollo Bay (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.2%, Walked only 17.4%, Bicycle 5.5%, Car, as passenger 3.2% and Other 1.6%. 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 47.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Apollo Bay (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.4% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.0% 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 Apollo Bay (Vic.), 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Apollo Bay (Vic.), 33.5% were couple families with children, 51.2% were couple families without children and 14.1% were one parent families.

In Apollo Bay (Vic.) 21.6% of single parents were male and 78.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Apollo Bay (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,483 and those without children was $1,305.

Employment status of couple families

In Apollo Bay (Vic.), of couple families with children, 15.9% had both partners employed full-time, 9.2% had both employed part-time and 19.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Apollo Bay (Vic.), 33.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 66.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Apollo Bay (Vic.), 58.8% were separate houses, 26.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In Apollo Bay (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 6.7% had 1 bedroom, 22.8% had 2 bedrooms and 50.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Apollo Bay (Vic.), 35.2% were owned outright, 19.8% were owned with a mortgage and 39.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Apollo Bay (Vic.), of all households, 57.0% were family households, 39.1% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Apollo Bay (Vic.), 36.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.0% 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 Apollo Bay (Vic.), 45.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Apollo Bay (Vic.), there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 23.5%) were male and 13 (or 76.5%) were female. The median age was 49 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 Apollo Bay (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $841.

In Apollo Bay (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $258 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $596.