Blind Bight

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,238 people in Blind Bight of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Blind Bight was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.4% of the population.

Of people in Blind Bight aged 15 years and over, 48.6% were married and 14.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blind Bight was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Blind Bight, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Blind Bight was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Blind Bight 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.4% were in primary school, 25.8% in secondary school and 15.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Blind Bight were English 35.1%, Australian 31.5%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 5.6% and Italian 3.0%.

In Blind Bight, 83.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.3%, New Zealand 1.4%, Netherlands 0.7%, Scotland 0.6% and Turkey 0.4%.

In Blind Bight, 67.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blind Bight were No Religion 36.5%, Catholic 20.7%, Anglican 18.8%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Blind Bight 92.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.0%, Turkish 0.6%, Italian 0.5%, Latvian 0.3% and Polish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 701 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blind Bight. Of these 64.1% were employed full time, 26.8% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blind Bight, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Blind Bight was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Blind Bight included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.1%, Labourers 13.1%, Managers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 8.6% and Professionals 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Blind Bight, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.1%, Building Structure Services 3.4%, Building Installation Services 3.4%, Building Completion Services 2.8% and Residential Care Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blind Bight was $652.

In Blind Bight, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 76.1%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Truck 2.4%, Train, car as driver 1.0% and Train 0.9%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 81.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blind Bight, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.2% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.1% 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 Blind Bight, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blind Bight, 45.7% were couple families with children, 36.8% were couple families without children and 17.5% were one parent families.

In Blind Bight 21.9% of single parents were male and 78.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blind Bight, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,820 and those without children was $1,937.

Employment status of couple families

In Blind Bight, of couple families with children, 22.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 28.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blind Bight, 96.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blind Bight, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Blind Bight, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.4% had 2 bedrooms and 61.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blind Bight, 25.2% were owned outright, 63.4% were owned with a mortgage and 8.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Blind Bight, of all households, 84.0% were family households, 13.0% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Blind Bight, 14.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.0% 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 Blind Bight, 19.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blind Bight, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 55.6%) were male and 4 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Blind Bight, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Blind Bight, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,222.