Opossum Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 328 people in Opossum Bay of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Opossum Bay was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.7% of the population.

Of people in Opossum Bay aged 15 years and over, 54.8% were married and 16.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Opossum Bay was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Opossum Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Opossum Bay was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Opossum Bay 24.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.8% were in primary school, 18.8% in secondary school and 10.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Opossum Bay were English 34.2%, Australian 32.4%, Irish 12.4%, Scottish 5.9% and German 3.4%.

In Opossum Bay, 80.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.2%, New Zealand 1.2%, Zimbabwe 1.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.9% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Opossum Bay, 73.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Opossum Bay were No Religion 29.7%, Anglican 28.5%, Catholic 15.8%, Uniting Church 4.2% and Christian, nfd 2.4%.

In Opossum Bay 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was French 0.9%.

Employment

There were 159 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Opossum Bay. Of these 47.8% were employed full time, 34.0% were employed part-time and 10.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Opossum Bay, 16.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Opossum Bay was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Opossum Bay included Professionals 23.6%, Managers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.5%, Sales Workers 7.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2% and Labourers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Opossum Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 7.7%, School Education 7.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.2% and Non-Residential Building Construction 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Opossum Bay was $422.

In Opossum Bay, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 62.0%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Bus 2.8% and Car as driver, car as passenger 2.8%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Opossum Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.7% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.9% 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 Opossum Bay, 34.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Opossum Bay, 32.7% were couple families with children, 55.4% were couple families without children and 11.9% were one parent families.

In Opossum Bay 36.4% of single parents were male and 63.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Opossum Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,874 and those without children was $1,892.

Employment status of couple families

In Opossum Bay, of couple families with children, 8.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.6% had both employed part-time and 15.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Opossum Bay, 52.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 47.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Opossum 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 Opossum Bay, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 21.8% had 2 bedrooms and 46.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Opossum Bay, 40.6% were owned outright, 39.8% were owned with a mortgage and 15.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Opossum Bay, of all households, 72.6% were family households, 27.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Opossum Bay, 31.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.7% 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 Opossum Bay, 29.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Opossum Bay, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 33.3%) were male and 6 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Opossum Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Opossum Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $245 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.