Bass Coast (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 29,614 people in Bass Coast (S) of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Bass Coast (S) was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.7% of the population.

Of people in Bass Coast (S) aged 15 years and over, 50.8% were married and 14.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bass Coast (S) was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Bass Coast (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 50.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bass Coast (S) was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Bass Coast (S) 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.3% were in primary school, 21.1% in secondary school and 11.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bass Coast (S) were English 31.4%, Australian 29.2%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 8.8% and Italian 3.6%.

In Bass Coast (S), 79.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.4%, New Zealand 1.5%, Netherlands 0.9%, Italy 0.8% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Bass Coast (S), 66.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bass Coast (S) were No Religion 30.1%, Catholic 22.0%, Anglican 18.9%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Bass Coast (S) 90.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.1%, German 0.4%, Dutch 0.3%, Greek 0.3% and French 0.2%.

Employment

There were 12,744 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bass Coast (S). Of these 54.2% were employed full time, 34.4% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bass Coast (S), 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bass Coast (S) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Bass Coast (S) included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.0%, Managers 14.6%, Professionals 14.5%, Labourers 14.2%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Bass Coast (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6%, Hospitals 3.5% and Accommodation 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bass Coast (S) was $472.

In Bass Coast (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.4%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Walked only 4.3%, Truck 0.9% and Bicycle 0.9%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bass Coast (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.9% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.4% 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 Bass Coast (S), 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bass Coast (S), 35.1% were couple families with children, 49.0% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Bass Coast (S) 19.8% of single parents were male and 80.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bass Coast (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,770 and those without children was $1,635.

Employment status of couple families

In Bass Coast (S), of couple families with children, 14.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 19.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bass Coast (S), 51.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 48.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bass Coast (S), 90.3% were separate houses, 4.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Bass Coast (S), of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 19.3% had 2 bedrooms and 51.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bass Coast (S), 42.9% were owned outright, 27.8% were owned with a mortgage and 25.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Bass Coast (S), of all households, 65.3% were family households, 31.5% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Bass Coast (S), 34.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.3% 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 Bass Coast (S), 38.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bass Coast (S), there were 208 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 101 (or 48.6%) were male and 107 (or 51.4%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Bass Coast (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $907.

In Bass Coast (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,600.