Bayside (C) - South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 55,149 people in Bayside (C) - South of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Bayside (C) - South was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in Bayside (C) - South aged 15 years and over, 54.5% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bayside (C) - South was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Bayside (C) - South, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bayside (C) - South was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Bayside (C) - South 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.7% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 19.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bayside (C) - South were English 28.4%, Australian 25.0%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 8.3% and Italian 3.3%.

In Bayside (C) - South, 71.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.5%, New Zealand 2.0%, Scotland 1.0%, South Africa 0.9% and United States of America 0.8%.

In Bayside (C) - South, 53.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bayside (C) - South were No Religion 28.3%, Catholic 25.5%, Anglican 18.7%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Eastern Orthodox 3.8%.

In Bayside (C) - South 84.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 2.1%, Italian 1.2%, Russian 1.1%, German 0.8% and Mandarin 0.8%.

Employment

There were 27,543 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bayside (C) - South. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 33.0% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bayside (C) - South, 13.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bayside (C) - South was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Bayside (C) - South included Professionals 31.7%, Managers 19.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Labourers 3.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in Bayside (C) - South, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.4%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.5%, Hospitals 3.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3% and Computer System Design and Related Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bayside (C) - South was $724.

In Bayside (C) - South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.9%, Train 7.9%, Car, as passenger 3.1%, Walked only 2.3% and Train, car as driver 1.7%. On the day, 13.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bayside (C) - South, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.5% 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, 21.2% 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 Bayside (C) - South, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bayside (C) - South, 50.9% were couple families with children, 34.4% were couple families without children and 13.5% were one parent families.

In Bayside (C) - South 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bayside (C) - South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,051 and those without children was $2,522.

Employment status of couple families

In Bayside (C) - South, of couple families with children, 19.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 26.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bayside (C) - South, 91.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bayside (C) - South, 70.8% were separate houses, 16.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Bayside (C) - South, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 24.6% had 2 bedrooms and 42.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bayside (C) - South, 40.8% were owned outright, 34.8% were owned with a mortgage and 21.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Bayside (C) - South, of all households, 73.2% were family households, 24.6% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Bayside (C) - South, 18.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.4% 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 Bayside (C) - South, 34.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bayside (C) - South, there were 105 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 47 (or 44.8%) were male and 58 (or 55.2%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Bayside (C) - South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,174.

In Bayside (C) - South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $270 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,575.