Picnic Bay (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 335 people in Picnic Bay (L) of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Picnic Bay (L) was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.9% of the population.

Of people in Picnic Bay (L) aged 15 years and over, 31.9% were married and 25.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Picnic Bay (L) was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Picnic Bay (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 33.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Picnic Bay (L) was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Picnic Bay (L) 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.2% were in primary school, 15.2% in secondary school and 7.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Picnic Bay (L) were English 34.6%, Australian 20.8%, Scottish 10.1%, Irish 6.8% and German 3.9%.

In Picnic Bay (L), 70.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.1%, Germany 1.8%, New Zealand 1.8%, Netherlands 1.2% and Papua New Guinea 1.2%.

In Picnic Bay (L), 65.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Picnic Bay (L) were No Religion 31.5%, Catholic 15.2%, Anglican 13.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.4% and Uniting Church 5.4%.

In Picnic Bay (L) 83.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 2.4%, Spanish 1.2% and Cantonese 1.2%.

Employment

There were 155 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Picnic Bay (L). Of these 49.0% were employed full time, 35.5% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Picnic Bay (L), 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Picnic Bay (L) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Picnic Bay (L) included Professionals 18.0%, Labourers 15.1%, Sales Workers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.1%, Managers 9.4% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Picnic Bay (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 7.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.2%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.0%, State Government Administration 5.0% and School Education 5.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Picnic Bay (L) was $488.

In Picnic Bay (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 30.9%, Ferry, car as driver 13.7%, Walked only 10.8%, Car, as passenger 5.0% and Bus 3.6%. On the day, 28.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 35.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Picnic Bay (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 67.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.8% provided care for children and 9.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.6% 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 Picnic Bay (L), 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Picnic Bay (L), 27.8% were couple families with children, 47.2% were couple families without children and 25.0% were one parent families.

In Picnic Bay (L) 27.8% of single parents were male and 72.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Picnic Bay (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,200 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Picnic Bay (L), of couple families with children, 13.2% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 18.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Picnic Bay (L), 58.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 41.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Picnic Bay (L), 66.2% were separate houses, 12.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 18.7% were flats, units or apartments and 2.2% were other dwellings.

In Picnic Bay (L), of occupied private dwellings 10.1% had 1 bedroom, 39.1% had 2 bedrooms and 37.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Picnic Bay (L), 27.7% were owned outright, 21.9% were owned with a mortgage and 47.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Picnic Bay (L), of all households, 51.8% were family households, 40.3% were single person households and 7.9% were group households.

In Picnic Bay (L), 33.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Picnic Bay (L), 58.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 15.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Picnic Bay (L), there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 66.7%) were male and 4 (or 33.3%) 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 Picnic Bay (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,437.

In Picnic Bay (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,925.