Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,190 people in Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M) of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M) was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.9% of the population.

Of people in Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M) aged 15 years and over, 54.3% were married and 15.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M) was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M) was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M) 20.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.2% were in primary school, 16.3% in secondary school and 11.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M) were English 37.3%, Australian 32.5%, Irish 8.1%, Scottish 7.9% and German 2.6%.

In Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), 84.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 0.6%, Netherlands 0.4% and United States of America 0.3%.

In Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), 79.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M) were Anglican 38.6%, No Religion 24.3%, Catholic 13.7%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M) 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.2%, French 0.2%, Mandarin 0.2%, Filipino 0.1% and German 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,761 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M). Of these 47.2% were employed full time, 37.5% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), 16.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M) was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M) included Labourers 19.9%, Managers 19.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Professionals 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7% and Sales Workers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 13.2%, School Education 5.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3% and Aquaculture 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M) was $422.

In Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.9%, Walked only 9.2%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Truck 2.1% and Other 1.2%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.2% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.3% 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 Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), 28.6% were couple families with children, 60.5% were couple families without children and 10.4% were one parent families.

In Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M) 15.4% of single parents were male and 84.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,483 and those without children was $1,379.

Employment status of couple families

In Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), of couple families with children, 11.3% had both partners employed full-time, 6.3% had both employed part-time and 15.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), 45.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 55.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), 90.5% were separate houses, 4.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.2% were flats, units or apartments and 3.1% were other dwellings.

In Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 24.2% had 2 bedrooms and 51.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), 49.1% were owned outright, 22.7% were owned with a mortgage and 24.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), of all households, 66.4% were family households, 30.9% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), 38.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.9% 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 Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), 34.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), there were 166 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 94 (or 56.6%) were male and 72 (or 43.4%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), 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 $825.

In Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.