Fannie Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,514 people in Fannie Bay of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Fannie Bay was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.9% of the population.

Of people in Fannie Bay aged 15 years and over, 40.8% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fannie Bay was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Fannie Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fannie Bay was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Fannie Bay 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.3% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 18.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fannie Bay were Australian 24.9%, English 23.1%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 7.2% and Chinese 4.2%.

In Fannie Bay, 69.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 2.9%, Germany 1.0%, Greece 1.0% and Ireland 1.0%.

In Fannie Bay, 57.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fannie Bay were No Religion 30.6%, Catholic 23.4%, Anglican 12.1%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Eastern Orthodox 3.5%.

In Fannie Bay 77.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 2.5%, Italian 1.6%, Cantonese 1.1%, German 0.8% and Mandarin 0.6%.

Employment

There were 1,410 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fannie Bay. Of these 70.9% were employed full time, 19.4% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fannie Bay, 6.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fannie Bay was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Fannie Bay included Professionals 27.4%, Managers 20.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Sales Workers 7.1%, Labourers 5.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Fannie Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 11.5%, School Education 5.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.0%, Hospitals 3.0% and Central Government Administration 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fannie Bay was $1,008.

In Fannie Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.4%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Bicycle 4.0%, Walked only 3.5% and Bus 2.4%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fannie Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.9% provided care for children and 8.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.2% 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 Fannie Bay, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fannie Bay, 41.5% were couple families with children, 44.7% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Fannie Bay 26.7% of single parents were male and 73.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fannie Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,382 and those without children was $2,881.

Employment status of couple families

In Fannie Bay, of couple families with children, 35.0% had both partners employed full-time, 1.7% had both employed part-time and 18.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fannie Bay, 88.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fannie Bay, 39.6% were separate houses, 28.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 29.9% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Fannie Bay, of occupied private dwellings 6.5% had 1 bedroom, 31.2% had 2 bedrooms and 31.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fannie Bay, 24.0% were owned outright, 24.3% were owned with a mortgage and 47.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Fannie Bay, of all households, 63.3% were family households, 29.6% were single person households and 7.1% were group households.

In Fannie Bay, 17.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 28.6% 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 Fannie Bay, 33.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fannie Bay, there were 142 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 59 (or 41.5%) were male and 83 (or 58.5%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Fannie Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $850.

In Fannie Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $380 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,506.