Blackmans Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,728 people in Blackmans Bay of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Blackmans Bay was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.2% of the population.

Of people in Blackmans Bay aged 15 years and over, 54.1% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blackmans Bay was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Blackmans Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In Blackmans Bay 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.6% were in primary school, 25.2% in secondary school and 23.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Blackmans Bay were English 33.4%, Australian 31.9%, Irish 8.1%, Scottish 6.3% and Dutch 3.5%.

In Blackmans Bay, 80.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.7%, Netherlands 1.2%, South Africa 1.1%, New Zealand 1.0% and Germany 0.7%.

In Blackmans Bay, 65.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blackmans Bay were No Religion 28.9%, Anglican 25.5%, Catholic 20.0%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Blackmans Bay 93.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.7%, German 0.6%, Spanish 0.4%, Mandarin 0.4% and Italian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 3,556 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blackmans Bay. Of these 53.4% were employed full time, 36.0% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blackmans Bay, 14.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.0% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Blackmans Bay included Professionals 23.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.0%, Managers 13.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.2%, Sales Workers 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Labourers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Blackmans Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, State Government Administration 5.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Hospitals 3.3% and Residential Building Construction 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blackmans Bay was $633.

In Blackmans Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.4%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Bus 4.9%, Walked only 1.5% and Truck 0.7%. On the day, 5.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blackmans Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.5% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.4% 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 Blackmans Bay, 29.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blackmans Bay, 42.9% were couple families with children, 40.1% were couple families without children and 16.3% were one parent families.

In Blackmans Bay 16.1% of single parents were male and 83.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blackmans Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,384 and those without children was $2,033.

Employment status of couple families

In Blackmans Bay, of couple families with children, 18.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 25.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blackmans Bay, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blackmans Bay, 88.8% were separate houses, 3.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Blackmans Bay, of occupied private dwellings 1.2% had 1 bedroom, 15.2% had 2 bedrooms and 50.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blackmans Bay, 41.2% were owned outright, 37.6% were owned with a mortgage and 19.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Blackmans Bay, of all households, 76.4% were family households, 21.8% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Blackmans Bay, 19.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.5% 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 Blackmans Bay, 33.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blackmans Bay, there were 180 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 87 (or 48.3%) were male and 93 (or 51.7%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Blackmans Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,237.

In Blackmans Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $270 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,571.