Montagu Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 659 people in Montagu Bay of these 45.5% were male and 54.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Montagu Bay was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.7% of the population.

Of people in Montagu Bay aged 15 years and over, 43.5% were married and 15.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Montagu Bay was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Montagu Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Montagu Bay was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Montagu Bay 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.1% were in primary school, 19.4% in secondary school and 18.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Montagu Bay were English 36.3%, Australian 29.5%, Scottish 8.4%, Irish 7.8% and German 3.2%.

In Montagu Bay, 81.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, Scotland 0.9%, New Zealand 0.6%, United States of America 0.6% and Canada 0.5%.

In Montagu Bay, 75.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Montagu Bay were No Religion 30.3%, Anglican 26.7%, Catholic 20.5%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Montagu Bay 91.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Nepali 0.9%, Spanish 0.6%, Sinhalese 0.6%, Malay 0.6% and Tagalog 0.6%.

Employment

There were 324 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Montagu Bay. Of these 55.2% were employed full time, 29.9% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Montagu Bay, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Montagu Bay was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Montagu Bay included Professionals 29.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.0%, Managers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Labourers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Montagu Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.7%, State Government Administration 6.7%, Hospitals 4.7%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.7% and Central Government Administration 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Montagu Bay was $604.

In Montagu Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.0%, Bus 11.7%, Car, as passenger 8.7%, Walked only 4.3% and Truck 1.0%. On the day, 12.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Montagu Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.7% 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, 19.6% 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 Montagu Bay, 33.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Montagu Bay, 34.1% were couple families with children, 41.8% were couple families without children and 22.0% were one parent families.

In Montagu Bay 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Montagu Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,125 and those without children was $2,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Montagu Bay, of couple families with children, 19.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 21.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Montagu Bay, 91.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Montagu Bay, 91.5% were separate houses, 8.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Montagu Bay, of occupied private dwellings 6.0% had 1 bedroom, 25.6% had 2 bedrooms and 50.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Montagu Bay, 31.5% were owned outright, 35.3% were owned with a mortgage and 27.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Montagu Bay, of all households, 64.4% were family households, 33.8% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Montagu Bay, 26.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Montagu Bay, 41.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Montagu Bay, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 50.0%) were male and 10 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 43 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 Montagu Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $941.

In Montagu Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $430 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.