Pioneer Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 330 people in Pioneer Bay of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Pioneer Bay was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.7% of the population.

Of people in Pioneer Bay aged 15 years and over, 34.8% were married and 22.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pioneer Bay was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Pioneer Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 35.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pioneer Bay was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Pioneer Bay 24.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.6% were in primary school, 15.9% in secondary school and 14.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pioneer Bay were English 35.7%, Australian 30.1%, Scottish 7.0%, Irish 6.5% and German 1.9%.

In Pioneer Bay, 76.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.9%, New Zealand 2.1%, Lithuania 1.8%, Wales 1.2% and Ireland 0.9%.

In Pioneer Bay, 59.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pioneer Bay were No Religion 34.9%, Anglican 20.5%, Catholic 19.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8% and Uniting Church 2.4%.

In Pioneer Bay 90.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Hungarian 0.9%, Maori (Cook Island) 0.9% and Tongan 0.9%.

Employment

There were 133 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pioneer Bay. Of these 48.1% were employed full time, 30.8% were employed part-time and 9.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pioneer Bay, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pioneer Bay was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Pioneer Bay included Labourers 16.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.4%, Professionals 12.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 9.2% and Managers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Pioneer Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.0%, Residential Building Construction 4.2%, Local Government Administration 4.2%, Hospitals 4.2% and Building Completion Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pioneer Bay was $422.

In Pioneer Bay, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 75.8%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Bus, car as driver 3.3% and Walked only 2.5%. 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 79.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pioneer Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 8.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.6% 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 Pioneer Bay, 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pioneer Bay, 23.0% were couple families with children, 49.4% were couple families without children and 27.6% were one parent families.

In Pioneer Bay 20.8% of single parents were male and 79.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pioneer Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,199 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Pioneer Bay, of couple families with children, 9.4% had both partners employed full-time, 7.8% had both employed part-time and 17.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pioneer Bay, 84.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pioneer Bay, 98.1% were separate houses, 1.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Pioneer Bay, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 18.2% had 2 bedrooms and 61.0% 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 Pioneer Bay, 26.5% were owned outright, 38.7% were owned with a mortgage and 32.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Pioneer Bay, of all households, 56.2% were family households, 39.2% were single person households and 4.6% were group households.

In Pioneer Bay, 43.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 Pioneer Bay, 46.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pioneer 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 Pioneer Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In Pioneer 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.