Bayonet Head

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,490 people in Bayonet Head of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Bayonet Head was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.2% of the population.

Of people in Bayonet Head aged 15 years and over, 57.6% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bayonet Head was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Bayonet Head, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bayonet Head was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Bayonet Head 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.6% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 12.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bayonet Head were English 36.2%, Australian 31.6%, Scottish 6.9%, Irish 5.8% and Dutch 2.6%.

In Bayonet Head, 78.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.9%, New Zealand 1.8%, South Africa 1.6%, Scotland 0.8% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Bayonet Head, 58.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bayonet Head were No Religion 30.4%, Anglican 22.4%, Catholic 14.3%, Uniting Church 6.5% and Christian, nfd 4.2%.

In Bayonet Head 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.8%, Italian 0.6%, Japanese 0.4%, German 0.2% and Norwegian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,132 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bayonet Head. Of these 55.7% were employed full time, 32.2% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bayonet Head, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bayonet Head was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Bayonet Head included Professionals 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.3%, Managers 13.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Labourers 10.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Bayonet Head, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.0%, Residential Care Services 3.0% and Building Completion Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bayonet Head was $531.

In Bayonet Head, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.2%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Bus 1.4%, Walked only 1.2% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bayonet Head, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.4% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.2% 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 Bayonet Head, 29.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bayonet Head, 43.6% were couple families with children, 39.5% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In Bayonet Head 13.4% of single parents were male and 86.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bayonet Head, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,856 and those without children was $1,730.

Employment status of couple families

In Bayonet Head, of couple families with children, 16.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 21.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bayonet Head, 83.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bayonet Head, 97.6% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bayonet Head, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 4.5% had 2 bedrooms and 45.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bayonet Head, 33.3% were owned outright, 34.9% were owned with a mortgage and 29.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Bayonet Head, of all households, 80.0% were family households, 17.7% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Bayonet Head, 24.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.3% 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 Bayonet Head, 30.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bayonet Head, there were 71 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 41 (or 57.7%) were male and 30 (or 42.3%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Bayonet Head, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $924.

In Bayonet Head, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $285 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,507.