Holdfast Bay (C)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 34,605 people in Holdfast Bay (C) of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Holdfast Bay (C) was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.6% of the population.

Of people in Holdfast Bay (C) aged 15 years and over, 45.5% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Holdfast Bay (C) was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Holdfast Bay (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 46.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Holdfast Bay (C) was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Holdfast Bay (C) 26.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.2% were in primary school, 18.9% in secondary school and 28.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Holdfast Bay (C) were English 32.0%, Australian 24.9%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 7.3% and German 5.3%.

In Holdfast Bay (C), 72.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.3%, Scotland 1.2%, New Zealand 1.1%, India 0.9% and Germany 0.8%.

In Holdfast Bay (C), 57.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Holdfast Bay (C) were No Religion 27.1%, Catholic 22.8%, Anglican 16.5%, Uniting Church 9.3% and Lutheran 2.8%.

In Holdfast Bay (C) 86.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.9%, Italian 0.8%, German 0.6%, Mandarin 0.5% and Cantonese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 17,984 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Holdfast Bay (C). Of these 57.2% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Holdfast Bay (C), 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Holdfast Bay (C) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Holdfast Bay (C) included Professionals 26.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.9%, Managers 14.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Labourers 5.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Holdfast Bay (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.2%, Hospitals 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Tertiary Education 3.2% and Residential Care Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Holdfast Bay (C) was $646.

In Holdfast Bay (C), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.3%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Walked only 3.0%, Tram 2.9% and Bus 2.9%. On the day, 10.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Holdfast Bay (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.4% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.5% 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 Holdfast Bay (C), 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Holdfast Bay (C), 37.9% were couple families with children, 47.0% were couple families without children and 13.4% were one parent families.

In Holdfast Bay (C) 19.3% of single parents were male and 80.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Holdfast Bay (C), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,699 and those without children was $2,226.

Employment status of couple families

In Holdfast Bay (C), of couple families with children, 20.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Holdfast Bay (C), 88.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Holdfast Bay (C), 53.4% were separate houses, 18.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 27.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Holdfast Bay (C), of occupied private dwellings 7.4% had 1 bedroom, 34.3% had 2 bedrooms and 40.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Holdfast Bay (C), 36.6% were owned outright, 27.2% were owned with a mortgage and 30.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Holdfast Bay (C), of all households, 59.1% were family households, 36.4% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Holdfast Bay (C), 25.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.9% 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 Holdfast Bay (C), 42.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Holdfast Bay (C), there were 171 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 83 (or 48.5%) were male and 88 (or 51.5%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Holdfast Bay (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $988.

In Holdfast Bay (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $261 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,728.