Streaky Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,625 people in Streaky Bay of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Streaky Bay was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.8% of the population.

Of people in Streaky Bay aged 15 years and over, 52.7% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Streaky Bay was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Streaky Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Streaky Bay was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Streaky Bay 27.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.2% were in primary school, 19.2% in secondary school and 7.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Streaky Bay were Australian 34.4%, English 28.6%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 7.1% and German 6.1%.

In Streaky Bay, 86.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.0%, New Zealand 0.5%, Egypt 0.4%, Germany 0.3% and Netherlands 0.3%.

In Streaky Bay, 81.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Streaky Bay were No Religion 26.6%, Catholic 22.7%, Anglican 17.2%, Uniting Church 11.2% and Lutheran 4.9%.

In Streaky Bay 91.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 0.4%, Dutch 0.3%, Pitjantjatjara 0.3%, Spanish 0.2% and Danish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 784 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Streaky Bay. Of these 53.2% were employed full time, 34.4% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Streaky Bay, 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Streaky Bay was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Streaky Bay included Managers 23.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Labourers 14.6%, Professionals 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Streaky Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 15.1%, Hospitals 5.7%, School Education 5.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.0% and Pubs, Taverns and Bars 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Streaky Bay was $473.

In Streaky Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.4%, Walked only 8.2%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Truck 2.4% and Other 1.7%. 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 61.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Streaky Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.1% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.7% 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 Streaky Bay, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Streaky Bay, 42.6% were couple families with children, 45.3% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In Streaky Bay 27.5% of single parents were male and 72.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Streaky Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,650 and those without children was $1,384.

Employment status of couple families

In Streaky Bay, of couple families with children, 19.5% had both partners employed full-time, 6.5% had both employed part-time and 26.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Streaky Bay, 66.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 33.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Streaky Bay, 89.9% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.9% were flats, units or apartments and 4.1% were other dwellings.

In Streaky Bay, of occupied private dwellings 6.5% had 1 bedroom, 21.1% had 2 bedrooms and 48.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Streaky Bay, 44.3% were owned outright, 27.7% were owned with a mortgage and 24.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Streaky Bay, of all households, 68.5% were family households, 29.4% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Streaky Bay, 36.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 Streaky Bay, 32.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Streaky Bay, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 56.5%) were male and 10 (or 43.5%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Streaky Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Streaky 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 $4,333.