Bawley Point (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 591 people in Bawley Point (L) of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Bawley Point (L) was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 28.4% of the population.

Of people in Bawley Point (L) aged 15 years and over, 55.0% were married and 14.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bawley Point (L) was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Bawley Point (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bawley Point (L) was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 52 years.

In Bawley Point (L) 20.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.4% were in primary school, 28.5% in secondary school and 9.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bawley Point (L) were Australian 31.4%, English 30.4%, Irish 12.0%, Scottish 7.7% and Dutch 2.4%.

In Bawley Point (L), 80.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, Netherlands 1.5%, New Zealand 1.5%, Germany 1.0% and Thailand 0.7%.

In Bawley Point (L), 67.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bawley Point (L) were No Religion 28.5%, Anglican 28.1%, Catholic 14.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4% and Uniting Church 3.6%.

In Bawley Point (L) 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 1.2%, Vietnamese 0.7%, Irish 0.5%, French 0.5% and Spanish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 234 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bawley Point (L). Of these 42.3% were employed full time, 42.3% were employed part-time and 7.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bawley Point (L), 21.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bawley Point (L) was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Bawley Point (L) included Professionals 19.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Labourers 14.8%, Sales Workers 13.9%, Managers 11.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Bawley Point (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 9.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 8.8%, Residential Building Construction 5.1%, Tertiary Education 5.1% and Legal and Accounting Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bawley Point (L) was $435.

In Bawley Point (L), 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 4.6%, Walked only 3.7%, Train 1.4% and Bus 1.4%. On the day, 3.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bawley Point (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 74.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.9% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.5% 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 Bawley Point (L), 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bawley Point (L), 33.5% were couple families with children, 55.1% were couple families without children and 11.4% were one parent families.

In Bawley Point (L) 14.3% of single parents were male and 85.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bawley Point (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,805 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Bawley Point (L), of couple families with children, 6.9% had both partners employed full-time, 6.9% had both employed part-time and 13.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bawley Point (L), 37.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 62.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bawley Point (L), 93.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.8% were other dwellings.

In Bawley Point (L), of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 18.1% had 2 bedrooms and 46.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bawley Point (L), 58.6% were owned outright, 25.7% were owned with a mortgage and 11.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Bawley Point (L), of all households, 64.7% were family households, 33.7% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Bawley Point (L), 35.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.7% 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 Bawley Point (L), 42.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bawley Point (L), there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 33.3%) were male and 6 (or 66.7%) 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 Bawley Point (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,233.

In Bawley Point (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.