Boomer Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 199 people in Boomer Bay of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Boomer Bay was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.8% of the population.

Of people in Boomer Bay aged 15 years and over, 44.4% were married and 20.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Boomer Bay was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Boomer Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Boomer Bay was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 55 years.

In Boomer Bay 23.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.3% were in primary school, 23.4% in secondary school and 8.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Boomer Bay were English 37.9%, Australian 27.7%, Irish 9.8%, Scottish 4.7% and Dutch 3.9%.

In Boomer Bay, 79.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.1%, Germany 1.5%, India 1.5%, Malaysia 1.5% and New Zealand 1.5%.

In Boomer Bay, 76.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Boomer Bay were Anglican 26.8%, Catholic 25.8%, No Religion 23.7%, Baptist 1.5% and Christian, nfd 1.5%.

In Boomer Bay 91.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Russian 1.5% and Tamil 1.5%.

Employment

There were 90 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Boomer Bay. Of these 46.7% were employed full time, 30.0% were employed part-time and 13.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Boomer Bay, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Boomer Bay was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Boomer Bay included Managers 21.8%, Labourers 20.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Professionals 9.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Boomer Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Pubs, Taverns and Bars 10.3%, Aquaculture 6.4%, Textile Manufacturing 5.1%, Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 5.1% and Residential Building Construction 5.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Boomer Bay was $403.

In Boomer Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.4%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Car as driver, motorbike/scooter 3.8%, Car as driver, other 3.8% and Walked only 3.8%. On the day, 3.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Boomer Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.5% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 Boomer Bay, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Boomer Bay, 37.7% were couple families with children, 50.9% were couple families without children and 11.3% were one parent families.

In Boomer Bay 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Boomer Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $974 and those without children was $1,281.

Employment status of couple families

In Boomer Bay, of couple families with children, 12.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 24.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Boomer Bay, 65.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 34.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boomer Bay, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Boomer Bay, of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 34.2% had 2 bedrooms and 43.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boomer Bay, 45.0% were owned outright, 27.5% were owned with a mortgage and 23.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Boomer Bay, of all households, 69.5% were family households, 26.8% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Boomer Bay, 38.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.5% 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 Boomer Bay, 34.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Boomer Bay, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 40.0%) were male and 9 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 48 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 Boomer Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,583.

In Boomer Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $817.