Botany Bay (C)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 39,356 people in Botany Bay (C) of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Botany Bay (C) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.4% of the population.

Of people in Botany Bay (C) aged 15 years and over, 47.6% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Botany Bay (C) was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Botany Bay (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 47.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Botany Bay (C) was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Botany Bay (C) 30.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.6% were in primary school, 18.1% in secondary school and 25.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Botany Bay (C) were Australian 16.7%, English 14.5%, Chinese 8.0%, Irish 5.8% and Greek 5.6%.

In Botany Bay (C), 51.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.3%, Bangladesh 2.9%, Indonesia 2.9%, New Zealand 2.2% and England 2.2%.

In Botany Bay (C), 28.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 60.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Botany Bay (C) were Catholic 32.9%, No Religion 13.0%, Anglican 10.8%, Eastern Orthodox 9.5% and Islam 8.1%.

In Botany Bay (C) 50.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 5.8%, Bengali 3.6%, Indonesian 3.2%, Spanish 3.2% and Mandarin 3.0%.

Employment

There were 19,423 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Botany Bay (C). Of these 62.9% were employed full time, 26.0% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Botany Bay (C), 8.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Botany Bay (C) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Botany Bay (C) included Professionals 19.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.9%, Managers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Labourers 8.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Botany Bay (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Hospitals 3.9%, School Education 3.0%, Air and Space Transport 2.5% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Botany Bay (C) was $575.

In Botany Bay (C), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.5%, Bus 13.4%, Walked only 5.4%, Car, as passenger 5.4% and Train 3.8%. On the day, 21.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Botany Bay (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 62.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.9% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.4% 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 Botany Bay (C), 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Botany Bay (C), 48.2% were couple families with children, 31.3% were couple families without children and 17.6% were one parent families.

In Botany Bay (C) 14.8% of single parents were male and 85.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Botany Bay (C), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,363 and those without children was $2,172.

Employment status of couple families

In Botany Bay (C), of couple families with children, 25.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 19.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Botany Bay (C), 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Botany Bay (C), 39.5% were separate houses, 14.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 45.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Botany Bay (C), of occupied private dwellings 7.9% had 1 bedroom, 40.5% had 2 bedrooms and 35.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Botany Bay (C), 28.2% were owned outright, 30.8% were owned with a mortgage and 37.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Botany Bay (C), of all households, 70.6% were family households, 24.5% were single person households and 4.8% were group households.

In Botany Bay (C), 25.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.5% 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 Botany Bay (C), 42.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Botany Bay (C), there were 614 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 293 (or 47.7%) were male and 321 (or 52.3%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Botany Bay (C), 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 $1,100.

In Botany Bay (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,687.