Swan Bay (Tas.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 313 people in Swan Bay (Tas.) of these 53.7% were male and 46.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Swan Bay (Tas.) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.8% of the population.

Of people in Swan Bay (Tas.) aged 15 years and over, 61.2% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Swan Bay (Tas.) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Swan Bay (Tas.), of people aged 15 years and over, 61.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Swan Bay (Tas.) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Swan Bay (Tas.) 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.6% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 19.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Swan Bay (Tas.) were Australian 39.3%, English 32.2%, Scottish 7.5%, Irish 6.4% and German 2.5%.

In Swan Bay (Tas.), 86.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.8%, New Zealand 2.2%, Philippines 1.0%, Scotland 1.0% and United States of America 1.0%.

In Swan Bay (Tas.), 76.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Swan Bay (Tas.) were No Religion 34.7%, Anglican 19.7%, Catholic 13.7%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Swan Bay (Tas.) 94.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 0.9%, Hungarian 0.9%, Vietnamese 0.9% and Bisaya 0.9%.

Employment

There were 173 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Swan Bay (Tas.). Of these 66.5% were employed full time, 27.2% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Swan Bay (Tas.), 4.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Swan Bay (Tas.) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Swan Bay (Tas.) included Technicians and Trades Workers 25.1%, Managers 21.6%, Professionals 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Sales Workers 6.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.4% and Labourers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Swan Bay (Tas.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.8%, Tertiary Education 4.8%, School Education 4.2%, Residential Care Services 4.2% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Swan Bay (Tas.) was $712.

In Swan Bay (Tas.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.7%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Bus 2.4%, Motorbike/scooter 1.8% and Other 1.8%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Swan Bay (Tas.), of people aged 15 years and over, 79.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.4% provided care for children and 6.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.6% 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 Swan Bay (Tas.), 30.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Swan Bay (Tas.), 48.5% were couple families with children, 44.6% were couple families without children and 6.9% were one parent families.

In Swan Bay (Tas.) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Swan Bay (Tas.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,038 and those without children was $2,150.

Employment status of couple families

In Swan Bay (Tas.), of couple families with children, 26.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 25.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Swan Bay (Tas.), 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Swan Bay (Tas.), 97.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In Swan Bay (Tas.), of occupied private dwellings 3.4% had 1 bedroom, 12.0% had 2 bedrooms and 44.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Swan Bay (Tas.), 47.0% were owned outright, 47.0% were owned with a mortgage and 6.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Swan Bay (Tas.), of all households, 85.5% were family households, 14.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Swan Bay (Tas.), 9.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.9% 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 Swan Bay (Tas.), 18.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Swan Bay (Tas.), there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 5 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 Swan Bay (Tas.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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