Batemans Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,334 people in Batemans Bay of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Batemans Bay was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.8% of the population.

Of people in Batemans Bay aged 15 years and over, 49.0% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Batemans Bay was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Batemans Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.0% 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 Batemans Bay was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Batemans Bay 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.5% were in primary school, 20.7% in secondary school and 11.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Batemans Bay were English 31.5%, Australian 30.0%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 7.7% and German 3.1%.

In Batemans Bay, 77.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, New Zealand 1.2%, Germany 0.9%, Scotland 0.7% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Batemans Bay, 70.0% 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 Batemans Bay were Anglican 28.9%, Catholic 24.6%, No Religion 18.1%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Batemans Bay 88.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Croatian 0.5%, Greek 0.5%, German 0.5%, Italian 0.4% and Dutch 0.3%.

Employment

There were 3,978 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Batemans Bay. Of these 46.5% were employed full time, 38.1% were employed part-time and 8.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Batemans Bay, 16.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Batemans Bay was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Batemans Bay included Technicians and Trades Workers 15.9%, Sales Workers 15.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Professionals 12.3%, Labourers 12.2%, Managers 11.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Batemans Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.2%, Accommodation 4.8%, Residential Care Services 4.6%, School Education 4.5% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Batemans Bay was $413.

In Batemans Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.5%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Walked only 4.0%, Truck 1.7% and Bicycle 0.7%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Batemans Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.4% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.0% 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 Batemans Bay, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Batemans Bay, 27.9% were couple families with children, 51.7% were couple families without children and 19.2% were one parent families.

In Batemans Bay 14.8% of single parents were male and 85.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Batemans Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,616 and those without children was $1,400.

Employment status of couple families

In Batemans Bay, of couple families with children, 10.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 13.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Batemans Bay, 71.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 28.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Batemans Bay, 74.7% were separate houses, 11.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

In Batemans Bay, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 20.3% had 2 bedrooms and 45.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Batemans Bay, 41.2% were owned outright, 21.1% were owned with a mortgage and 33.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Batemans Bay, of all households, 66.2% were family households, 31.1% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Batemans Bay, 39.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.4% 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 Batemans Bay, 48.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Batemans Bay, there were 646 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 298 (or 46.1%) were male and 348 (or 53.9%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Batemans Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $737.

In Batemans Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $185 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,192.