Old Bar

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,650 people in Old Bar of these 46.8% were male and 53.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Old Bar was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.6% of the population.

Of people in Old Bar aged 15 years and over, 50.3% were married and 14.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Old Bar was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Old Bar, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Old Bar was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Old Bar 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.0% were in primary school, 26.3% in secondary school and 12.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Old Bar were Australian 34.2%, English 33.0%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 7.4% and German 2.6%.

In Old Bar, 84.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 1.0%, Scotland 0.7%, Netherlands 0.5% and South Eastern Europe (includes Yugoslavia) 0.2%.

In Old Bar, 77.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Old Bar were Anglican 32.3%, Catholic 22.1%, No Religion 17.7%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Old Bar 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Cantonese 0.2%, Sinhalese 0.1%, Croatian 0.1% and Korean 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,414 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Old Bar. Of these 51.2% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 9.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Old Bar, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Old Bar was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Old Bar included Professionals 19.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.6%, Sales Workers 12.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Labourers 11.7%, Managers 9.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Old Bar, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.5%, Hospitals 6.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.4% and Residential Care Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Old Bar was $418.

In Old Bar, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.0%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Walked only 3.2%, Truck 1.5% and Other 0.5%. On the day, 0.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Old Bar, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.1% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.4% 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 Old Bar, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Old Bar, 31.4% were couple families with children, 48.0% were couple families without children and 20.0% were one parent families.

In Old Bar 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Old Bar, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,771 and those without children was $2,015.

Employment status of couple families

In Old Bar, of couple families with children, 14.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 14.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Old Bar, 85.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Old Bar, 73.7% were separate houses, 20.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Old Bar, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 21.2% had 2 bedrooms and 49.3% 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 Old Bar, 40.3% were owned outright, 23.8% were owned with a mortgage and 31.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Old Bar, of all households, 68.3% were family households, 29.2% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Old Bar, 37.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.0% 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 Old Bar, 46.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Old Bar, there were 124 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 66 (or 53.2%) were male and 58 (or 46.8%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Old Bar, 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 $1,042.

In Old Bar, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $270 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,470.