Battery Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,097 people in Battery Point of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Battery Point was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.5% of the population.

Of people in Battery Point aged 15 years and over, 40.6% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Battery Point was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Battery Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Battery Point was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Battery Point 29.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 13.9% were in primary school, 9.5% in secondary school and 45.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Battery Point were English 30.5%, Australian 25.1%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 7.8% and German 3.2%.

In Battery Point, 72.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.1%, India 1.7%, New Zealand 1.1%, Scotland 1.1% and United States of America 1.1%.

In Battery Point, 60.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Battery Point were No Religion 39.6%, Anglican 20.0%, Catholic 14.8%, Uniting Church 2.3% and Buddhism 1.7%.

In Battery Point 83.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 1.0%, Arabic 1.0%, Mandarin 1.0%, German 0.9% and Italian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 1,176 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Battery Point. Of these 54.2% were employed full time, 34.8% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Battery Point, 15.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Battery Point was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Battery Point included Professionals 42.1%, Managers 13.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 6.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.2%, Labourers 3.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.7%.

Of the employed people in Battery Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.9%, State Government Administration 6.0%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.2%, School Education 5.0% and Hospitals 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Battery Point was $757.

In Battery Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 33.1%, Walked only 33.0%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Bus 2.4% and Bicycle 1.6%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 38.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Battery Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.1% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.2% 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 Battery Point, 31.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Battery Point, 25.2% were couple families with children, 61.8% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Battery Point 11.3% of single parents were male and 88.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Battery Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,134 and those without children was $2,240.

Employment status of couple families

In Battery Point, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.9% had both employed part-time and 19.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Battery Point, 82.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Battery Point, 36.7% were separate houses, 23.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 38.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Battery Point, of occupied private dwellings 11.8% had 1 bedroom, 44.4% had 2 bedrooms and 24.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Battery Point, 31.7% were owned outright, 17.1% were owned with a mortgage and 48.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Battery Point, of all households, 54.0% were family households, 34.6% were single person households and 11.3% were group households.

In Battery Point, 22.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.5% 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 Battery Point, 50.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Battery Point, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 31.6%) were male and 13 (or 68.4%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Battery Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Battery Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.