Safety Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,395 people in Safety Bay of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Safety Bay was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.6% of the population.

Of people in Safety Bay aged 15 years and over, 53.1% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Safety Bay was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Safety Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Safety Bay was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Safety Bay 24.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.2% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 17.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Safety Bay were English 38.3%, Australian 26.4%, Scottish 8.2%, Irish 7.4% and German 2.2%.

In Safety Bay, 64.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 16.4%, New Zealand 3.6%, Scotland 2.4%, South Africa 0.9% and Netherlands 0.7%.

In Safety Bay, 43.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Safety Bay were No Religion 26.9%, Anglican 26.9%, Catholic 19.4%, Uniting Church 4.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Safety Bay 91.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.4%, Italian 0.4%, Croatian 0.3%, German 0.2% and Filipino 0.2%.

Employment

There were 3,527 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Safety Bay. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 28.2% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Safety Bay, 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Safety Bay was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Safety Bay included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.6%, Professionals 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Labourers 9.6%, Managers 9.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9%.

Of the employed people in Safety Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 2.7%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 2.4% and Hospitals 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Safety Bay was $550.

In Safety Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.1%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Train 2.4%, Bus 2.0% and Walked only 1.8%. On the day, 8.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Safety Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.6% 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 Safety Bay, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Safety Bay, 37.9% were couple families with children, 45.6% were couple families without children and 15.4% were one parent families.

In Safety Bay 20.4% of single parents were male and 79.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Safety Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,606 and those without children was $2,163.

Employment status of couple families

In Safety Bay, of couple families with children, 15.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 18.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Safety Bay, 86.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Safety Bay, 89.9% were separate houses, 5.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Safety Bay, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 7.3% had 2 bedrooms and 40.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Safety Bay, 41.1% were owned outright, 33.0% were owned with a mortgage and 23.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Safety Bay, of all households, 74.4% were family households, 23.4% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Safety Bay, 25.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.7% 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 Safety Bay, 34.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Safety Bay, there were 112 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 53 (or 47.3%) were male and 59 (or 52.7%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Safety Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,639.

In Safety Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.