Venus Bay (SA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 322 people in Venus Bay (SA) of these 53.7% were male and 46.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Venus Bay (SA) was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.9% of the population.

Of people in Venus Bay (SA) aged 15 years and over, 55.9% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Venus Bay (SA) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Venus Bay (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 55.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Venus Bay (SA) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Venus Bay (SA) 19.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.9% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 4.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Venus Bay (SA) were English 36.2%, Australian 28.7%, Scottish 8.9%, German 8.6% and Irish 7.5%.

In Venus Bay (SA), 88.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.8%, Ireland 1.6% and Indonesia 0.9%.

In Venus Bay (SA), 86.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Venus Bay (SA) were No Religion 30.7%, Anglican 18.8%, Catholic 16.3%, Uniting Church 9.7% and Lutheran 7.8%.

In Venus Bay (SA) 95.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Greek 0.9% and Slovene 0.9%.

Employment

There were 170 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Venus Bay (SA). Of these 64.1% were employed full time, 23.5% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Venus Bay (SA), 4.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 65.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Venus Bay (SA) was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Venus Bay (SA) included Managers 50.0%, Professionals 11.7%, Labourers 11.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.5%, Sales Workers 3.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Venus Bay (SA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 40.0%, School Education 7.7%, Accommodation 7.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.2% and Fishing 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Venus Bay (SA) was $438.

In Venus Bay (SA), 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 7.7%, Ferry 1.9%, Car, as passenger 1.9% and Truck 1.9%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 47.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Venus Bay (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.4% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 41.6% 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 Venus Bay (SA), 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Venus Bay (SA), 39.8% were couple families with children, 55.7% were couple families without children and 4.5% were one parent families.

In Venus Bay (SA) 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Venus Bay (SA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,104 and those without children was $933.

Employment status of couple families

In Venus Bay (SA), of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.0% had both employed part-time and 17.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Venus Bay (SA), 38.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 61.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Venus Bay (SA), 90.2% were separate houses, 3.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.0% were other dwellings.

In Venus Bay (SA), of occupied private dwellings 8.3% had 1 bedroom, 15.9% had 2 bedrooms and 43.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Venus Bay (SA), 61.1% were owned outright, 21.4% were owned with a mortgage and 15.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Venus Bay (SA), of all households, 64.7% were family households, 33.1% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Venus Bay (SA), 39.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.5% 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 Venus Bay (SA), 30.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Venus Bay (SA), there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 70.0%) were male and 3 (or 30.0%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Venus Bay (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Venus Bay (SA), 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.