Sandy Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,156 people in Sandy Bay of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Sandy Bay was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.4% of the population.

Of people in Sandy Bay aged 15 years and over, 45.6% were married and 8.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sandy Bay was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Sandy Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sandy Bay was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Sandy Bay 36.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.6% were in primary school, 15.8% in secondary school and 48.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sandy Bay were English 28.6%, Australian 24.1%, Scottish 7.6%, Irish 7.4% and Chinese 6.6%.

In Sandy Bay, 65.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.4%, England 4.8%, Malaysia 2.3%, India 1.3% and New Zealand 1.3%.

In Sandy Bay, 51.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sandy Bay were No Religion 32.9%, Anglican 22.3%, Catholic 16.1%, Uniting Church 3.4% and Islam 3.1%.

In Sandy Bay 74.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 5.4%, Arabic 1.9%, Greek 1.8%, Cantonese 1.3% and Korean 1.1%.

Employment

There were 5,479 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sandy Bay. Of these 50.6% were employed full time, 37.7% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sandy Bay, 17.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sandy Bay was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Sandy Bay included Professionals 37.8%, Managers 14.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.0%, Labourers 5.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Sandy Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 8.5%, School Education 5.5%, State Government Administration 5.2%, Tertiary Education 5.2% and Hospitals 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sandy Bay was $601.

In Sandy Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.9%, Walked only 12.1%, Car, as passenger 8.1%, Bus 4.9% and Bicycle 1.3%. On the day, 5.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sandy Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.0% provided care for children and 10.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.7% 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 Sandy Bay, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sandy Bay, 37.5% were couple families with children, 50.7% were couple families without children and 10.0% were one parent families.

In Sandy Bay 15.9% of single parents were male and 84.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sandy Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,124 and those without children was $2,290.

Employment status of couple families

In Sandy Bay, of couple families with children, 17.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sandy Bay, 86.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sandy Bay, 66.0% were separate houses, 9.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Sandy Bay, of occupied private dwellings 8.7% had 1 bedroom, 26.1% had 2 bedrooms and 31.7% 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 Sandy Bay, 40.6% were owned outright, 22.5% were owned with a mortgage and 32.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Sandy Bay, of all households, 61.1% were family households, 29.1% were single person households and 9.7% were group households.

In Sandy Bay, 24.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.1% 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 Sandy Bay, 40.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sandy Bay, there were 69 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 32 (or 46.4%) were male and 37 (or 53.6%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Sandy Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,031.

In Sandy Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,215.