Bribie Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 17,045 people in Bribie Island of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Bribie Island was 57 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 35.3% of the population.

Of people in Bribie Island aged 15 years and over, 54.6% were married and 16.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bribie Island was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Bribie Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bribie Island was 63 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Bribie Island 21.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.5% were in primary school, 21.3% in secondary school and 12.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bribie Island were English 34.1%, Australian 27.6%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 8.4% and German 4.6%.

In Bribie Island, 74.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.2%, New Zealand 4.3%, Scotland 0.9%, Netherlands 0.9% and Germany 0.7%.

In Bribie Island, 64.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bribie Island were Anglican 26.6%, Catholic 21.7%, No Religion 19.1%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3%.

In Bribie Island 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.4%, Dutch 0.4%, Italian 0.3%, French 0.2% and Polish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 5,781 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bribie Island. Of these 50.6% were employed full time, 34.5% were employed part-time and 8.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bribie Island, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bribie Island was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Bribie Island included Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Professionals 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Sales Workers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.4%, Managers 11.5%, Labourers 11.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Bribie Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7%, Residential Care Services 3.5% and Hospitals 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bribie Island was $409.

In Bribie Island, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.1%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Walked only 3.1%, Train, car as driver 1.9% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 5.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bribie Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.8% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Bribie Island, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bribie Island, 23.2% were couple families with children, 61.6% were couple families without children and 14.1% were one parent families.

In Bribie Island 19.2% of single parents were male and 80.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bribie Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,103 and those without children was $1,762.

Employment status of couple families

In Bribie Island, of couple families with children, 10.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 11.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bribie Island, 82.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bribie Island, 73.0% were separate houses, 10.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.1% were flats, units or apartments and 3.4% were other dwellings.

In Bribie Island, of occupied private dwellings 6.0% had 1 bedroom, 22.2% 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 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bribie Island, 46.5% were owned outright, 19.3% were owned with a mortgage and 29.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Bribie Island, of all households, 65.9% were family households, 31.2% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Bribie Island, 39.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Bribie Island, 47.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bribie Island, there were 305 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 162 (or 53.1%) were male and 143 (or 46.9%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Bribie Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $908.

In Bribie Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,820.