Jervis Bay (OT)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 377 people in Jervis Bay (OT) of these 56.2% were male and 43.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 59.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Jervis Bay (OT) was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.6% of the population.

Of people in Jervis Bay (OT) aged 15 years and over, 25.3% were married and 6.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jervis Bay (OT) was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Jervis Bay (OT), of people aged 15 years and over, 28.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jervis Bay (OT) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Jervis Bay (OT) 34.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.6% were in primary school, 19.5% in secondary school and 12.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jervis Bay (OT) were Australian Aboriginal 42.0%, Australian 23.7%, English 14.7%, Scottish 2.4% and Irish 2.4%.

In Jervis Bay (OT), 90.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 0.8%, Germany 0.8%, Japan 0.8%, Malaysia 0.8% and Mexico 0.8%.

In Jervis Bay (OT), 82.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jervis Bay (OT) were Anglican 27.9%, No Religion 26.6%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 13.8%, Catholic 12.0% and Eastern Orthodox 2.1%.

In Jervis Bay (OT) 78.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Aboriginal English, so described 9.6%, Arabic 1.9%, Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 1.3%, German 1.1% and Spanish 0.8%.

Employment

There were 152 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jervis Bay (OT). Of these 65.8% were employed full time, 15.1% were employed part-time and 14.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jervis Bay (OT), 4.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 66.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Jervis Bay (OT) was 32 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Jervis Bay (OT) were Managers 34.6%, Professionals 25.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 21.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.7%, Labourers 4.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Jervis Bay (OT), the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 54.3%, Local Government Administration 12.6%, School Education 6.3%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.9% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jervis Bay (OT) was $519.

In Jervis Bay (OT), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 42.2%, Car, as driver 29.7%, Other 10.2%, Bicycle 3.9% and Bus 2.3%. On the day, 3.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 28.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jervis Bay (OT), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.3% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.2% 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 Jervis Bay (OT), 17.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jervis Bay (OT), 36.6% were couple families with children, 14.1% were couple families without children and 49.3% were one parent families.

In Jervis Bay (OT) 34.4% of single parents were male and 65.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jervis Bay (OT), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,033 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Jervis Bay (OT), of couple families with children, 13.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 10.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Jervis Bay (OT), 89.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jervis Bay (OT), 83.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.8% were other dwellings.

In Jervis Bay (OT), of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 3.6% had 2 bedrooms and 45.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jervis Bay (OT), 3.5% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 96.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Jervis Bay (OT), of all households, 81.0% were family households, 19.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Jervis Bay (OT), 33.3% 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 Jervis Bay (OT), 48.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jervis Bay (OT), there were 227 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 109 (or 48.0%) were male and 118 (or 52.0%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Jervis Bay (OT), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $774.

In Jervis Bay (OT), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $40 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.