Elizabeth Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,093 people in Elizabeth Bay of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Elizabeth Bay was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 4.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.3% of the population.

Of people in Elizabeth Bay aged 15 years and over, 20.1% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Elizabeth Bay was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Elizabeth Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 19.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 23.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Elizabeth Bay was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Elizabeth Bay 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 3.4% were in primary school, 2.5% in secondary school and 30.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Elizabeth Bay were English 25.0%, Australian 14.2%, Irish 11.0%, Scottish 7.8% and German 3.7%.

In Elizabeth Bay, 51.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.6%, New Zealand 4.6%, United States of America 2.1%, Germany 1.2% and South Africa 1.2%.

In Elizabeth Bay, 41.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 45.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Elizabeth Bay were No Religion 33.9%, Catholic 19.5%, Anglican 13.8%, Buddhism 3.0% and Judaism 2.2%.

In Elizabeth Bay 71.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 1.7%, French 1.6%, Italian 1.3%, German 1.0% and Mandarin 0.7%.

Employment

There were 3,364 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Elizabeth Bay. Of these 74.8% were employed full time, 17.9% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Elizabeth Bay, 5.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 64.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Elizabeth Bay was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Elizabeth Bay included Professionals 45.5%, Managers 18.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.8%, Sales Workers 6.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.1%, Labourers 1.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.6%.

Of the employed people in Elizabeth Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 6.6%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.3%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.9%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 3.8% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Elizabeth Bay was $1,256.

In Elizabeth Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 25.3%, Train 19.6%, Car, as driver 19.6%, Bus 7.1% and Taxi 3.7%. On the day, 31.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 22.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Elizabeth Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 10.2% provided care for children and 7.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Elizabeth Bay, 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 5.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Elizabeth Bay, 14.3% were couple families with children, 77.3% were couple families without children and 6.4% were one parent families.

In Elizabeth Bay 19.7% of single parents were male and 80.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Elizabeth Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,175 and those without children was $3,054.

Employment status of couple families

In Elizabeth Bay, of couple families with children, 39.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 15.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Elizabeth Bay, 84.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elizabeth Bay, 0.6% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 98.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Elizabeth Bay, of occupied private dwellings 41.6% had 1 bedroom, 31.9% had 2 bedrooms and 8.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.4. The average household size was 1.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elizabeth Bay, 19.7% were owned outright, 18.7% were owned with a mortgage and 58.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Elizabeth Bay, of all households, 34.2% were family households, 58.6% were single person households and 7.2% were group households.

In Elizabeth Bay, 15.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.8% 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 Elizabeth Bay, 44.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 7.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 1.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Elizabeth Bay, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 55.0%) were male and 9 (or 45.0%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Elizabeth Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Elizabeth Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $395 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.