Gardners Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 281 people in Gardners Bay of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Gardners Bay was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.8% of the population.

Of people in Gardners Bay aged 15 years and over, 49.8% were married and 17.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gardners Bay was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Gardners Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gardners Bay was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Gardners Bay 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.6% were in primary school, 19.2% in secondary school and 20.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gardners Bay were English 37.0%, Australian 27.0%, Irish 11.3%, Scottish 8.7% and German 3.9%.

In Gardners Bay, 73.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.8%, Germany 4.6%, New Zealand 2.1%, Scotland 2.1% and Denmark 1.1%.

In Gardners Bay, 57.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gardners Bay were No Religion 46.6%, Anglican 17.2%, Catholic 13.6%, Lutheran 3.6% and Buddhism 2.9%.

In Gardners Bay 91.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 2.8%, Dutch 1.1%, Danish 1.1%, Hungarian 1.1% and Croatian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 117 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gardners Bay. Of these 38.5% were employed full time, 47.9% were employed part-time and 7.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gardners Bay, 17.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 19.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gardners Bay was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Gardners Bay included Professionals 27.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 20.8%, Managers 13.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Labourers 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%, Sales Workers 7.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Gardners Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.5%, Accommodation 5.6%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.7% and Adult, Community and Other Education 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gardners Bay was $362.

In Gardners Bay, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 62.6%, Car, as passenger 2.8% and Motorbike/scooter 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 70.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gardners Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 17.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.7% 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 Gardners Bay, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 21.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gardners Bay, 26.7% were couple families with children, 55.6% were couple families without children and 17.8% were one parent families.

In Gardners Bay 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gardners Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,874 and those without children was $949.

Employment status of couple families

In Gardners Bay, of couple families with children, 6.2% had both partners employed full-time, 10.0% had both employed part-time and 12.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gardners Bay, 87.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gardners 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 Gardners Bay, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 17.0% had 2 bedrooms and 60.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gardners Bay, 50.0% were owned outright, 32.1% were owned with a mortgage and 15.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Gardners Bay, of all households, 77.9% were family households, 19.5% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Gardners Bay, 41.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Gardners Bay, 26.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gardners Bay, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 35.0%) were male and 13 (or 65.0%) were female. The median age was 39 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 Gardners Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.8 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Gardners Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $155 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.