Surveyors Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 351 people in Surveyors Bay of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Surveyors Bay was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.5% of the population.

Of people in Surveyors Bay aged 15 years and over, 53.4% were married and 19.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Surveyors Bay was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In Surveyors Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Surveyors Bay was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Surveyors Bay 23.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.9% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 8.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Surveyors Bay were English 38.9%, Australian 27.2%, Irish 10.6%, Scottish 6.7% and German 3.7%.

In Surveyors Bay, 76.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.1%, New Zealand 3.4%, Germany 2.0%, Northern Ireland 1.1% and Austria 0.9%.

In Surveyors Bay, 64.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Surveyors Bay were No Religion 38.6%, Anglican 26.9%, Catholic 12.0%, Uniting Church 3.7% and Christian, nfd 3.1%.

In Surveyors Bay 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 1.4%.

Employment

There were 122 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Surveyors Bay. Of these 52.5% were employed full time, 34.4% were employed part-time and 9.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Surveyors Bay, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Surveyors Bay was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Surveyors Bay were Professionals 18.2%, Labourers 16.4%, Managers 15.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.1%.

Of the employed people in Surveyors Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Aquaculture 14.5%, School Education 11.8%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.5%, Other Wood Product Manufacturing 4.5% and Road Passenger Transport 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Surveyors Bay was $426.

In Surveyors Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.7%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Motorbike/scooter 3.6%, Truck 2.7% and Walked only 2.7%. On the day, 2.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Surveyors Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.4% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.0% 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 Surveyors Bay, 21.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Surveyors Bay, 29.4% were couple families with children, 60.8% were couple families without children and 9.8% were one parent families.

In Surveyors Bay 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Surveyors Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $2,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Surveyors Bay, of couple families with children, 4.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 18.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Surveyors Bay, 65.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 34.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Surveyors Bay, 98.0% were separate houses, 2.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Surveyors Bay, of occupied private dwellings 8.8% had 1 bedroom, 28.4% had 2 bedrooms and 42.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Surveyors Bay, 52.0% were owned outright, 34.7% were owned with a mortgage and 11.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Surveyors Bay, of all households, 67.1% were family households, 30.2% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Surveyors Bay, 40.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.9% 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 Surveyors Bay, 40.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Surveyors Bay, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 54.5%) were male and 10 (or 45.5%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Surveyors Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $566.

In Surveyors Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $953.