Bremer Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 571 people in Bremer Bay of these 53.4% were male and 46.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Bremer Bay was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.6% of the population.

Of people in Bremer Bay aged 15 years and over, 57.9% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bremer Bay was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Bremer Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bremer Bay was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Bremer Bay 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.9% were in primary school, 2.6% in secondary school and 9.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bremer Bay were Australian 31.7%, English 31.7%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 7.0% and German 2.8%.

In Bremer Bay, 82.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.0%, England 2.4%, Switzerland 0.7%, Wales 0.7% and Denmark 0.5%.

In Bremer Bay, 74.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bremer Bay were No Religion 30.6%, Catholic 21.7%, Anglican 19.2%, Uniting Church 7.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Bremer Bay 91.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Welsh 0.9%, Italian 0.9%, German 0.7%, Danish 0.5% and French 0.5%.

Employment

There were 282 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bremer Bay. Of these 63.5% were employed full time, 26.6% were employed part-time and 1.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bremer Bay, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.6% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Bremer Bay included Managers 54.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.1%, Labourers 8.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.5%, Professionals 6.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%, Sales Workers 3.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Bremer Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 44.3%, School Education 8.6%, Accommodation 4.3%, Building Completion Services 2.1% and Local Government Administration 2.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bremer Bay was $544.

In Bremer Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 37.0%, Walked only 8.9%, Other 3.9%, Car, as passenger 3.2% and Truck 2.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 40.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bremer Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 8.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 43.6% 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 Bremer Bay, 23.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bremer Bay, 52.7% were couple families with children, 43.4% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Bremer Bay 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bremer Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,166 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Bremer Bay, of couple families with children, 27.6% had both partners employed full-time, 6.3% had both employed part-time and 19.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bremer Bay, 38.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 61.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bremer Bay, 91.8% were separate houses, 3.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.8% were other dwellings.

In Bremer Bay, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 13.0% had 2 bedrooms and 42.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bremer Bay, 38.2% were owned outright, 23.2% were owned with a mortgage and 33.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Bremer Bay, of all households, 63.9% were family households, 32.2% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Bremer Bay, 35.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Bremer Bay, 29.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bremer Bay, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 42.9%) were male and 4 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Bremer Bay, 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 $900.

In Bremer 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 $1,100.