Blue Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,025 people in Blue Bay of these 45.8% were male and 54.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Blue Bay was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.0% of the population.

Of people in Blue Bay aged 15 years and over, 43.1% were married and 19.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blue Bay was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Blue Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Blue Bay was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Blue Bay 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.2% were in primary school, 15.5% in secondary school and 16.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Blue Bay were English 31.3%, Australian 29.1%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 7.4% and German 3.4%.

In Blue Bay, 80.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.9%, New Zealand 1.4%, Scotland 0.9%, India 0.8% and Malta 0.6%.

In Blue Bay, 72.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blue Bay were Catholic 30.4%, Anglican 30.2%, No Religion 13.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1% and Uniting Church 3.4%.

In Blue Bay 89.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 1.0%, Italian 0.9%, Croatian 0.5%, Serbian 0.5% and Indonesian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 452 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blue Bay. Of these 53.3% were employed full time, 33.2% were employed part-time and 10.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blue Bay, 13.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Blue Bay was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Blue Bay included Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Professionals 15.3%, Sales Workers 14.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Managers 11.6%, Labourers 9.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Blue Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, School Education 5.2%, Residential Care Services 3.9%, Specialised Food Retailing 3.2% and Residential Building Construction 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blue Bay was $512.

In Blue Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.1%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Walked only 1.7%, Train 1.0% and Bus 0.7%. On the day, 3.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blue Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.5% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.9% 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 Blue Bay, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blue Bay, 26.6% were couple families with children, 44.4% were couple families without children and 28.0% were one parent families.

In Blue Bay 14.7% of single parents were male and 85.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blue Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,625 and those without children was $1,949.

Employment status of couple families

In Blue Bay, of couple families with children, 17.2% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 16.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blue Bay, 68.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 31.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blue Bay, 49.4% were separate houses, 25.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 23.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Blue Bay, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 35.2% had 2 bedrooms and 42.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blue Bay, 34.5% were owned outright, 16.5% were owned with a mortgage and 47.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Blue Bay, of all households, 65.6% were family households, 30.9% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Blue Bay, 32.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.6% 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 Blue Bay, 44.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blue Bay, there were 24 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 37.5%) were male and 15 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Blue Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $466.

In Blue Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.