Fennell Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,474 people in Fennell Bay of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Fennell Bay was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.5% of the population.

Of people in Fennell Bay aged 15 years and over, 50.7% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fennell Bay was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Fennell Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fennell Bay was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Fennell Bay 25.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 21.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fennell Bay were English 34.3%, Australian 30.8%, Scottish 9.0%, Irish 8.0% and German 3.1%.

In Fennell Bay, 87.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 1.0%, Netherlands 0.5% and Germany 0.4%.

In Fennell Bay, 75.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fennell Bay were Anglican 27.0%, Catholic 22.3%, No Religion 18.5%, Uniting Church 9.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Fennell Bay 94.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 1.0%, German 0.7%, Bengali 0.7%, Italian 0.6% and Dutch 0.3%.

Employment

There were 646 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fennell Bay. Of these 52.0% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fennell Bay, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fennell Bay was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Fennell Bay included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Professionals 16.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.0%, Labourers 10.3%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Managers 9.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9%.

Of the employed people in Fennell Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 5.2%, School Education 4.4%, Hospitals 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4% and Coal Mining 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fennell Bay was $432.

In Fennell Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.5%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Bus 1.3%, Train, car as driver 1.2% and Train 0.8%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fennell Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 15.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.8% 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 Fennell Bay, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fennell Bay, 33.7% were couple families with children, 44.3% were couple families without children and 20.4% were one parent families.

In Fennell Bay 23.6% of single parents were male and 76.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fennell Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,374 and those without children was $1,847.

Employment status of couple families

In Fennell Bay, of couple families with children, 11.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fennell Bay, 94.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fennell Bay, 90.2% were separate houses, 4.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Fennell Bay, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 20.7% had 2 bedrooms and 48.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fennell Bay, 41.5% were owned outright, 32.9% were owned with a mortgage and 23.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Fennell Bay, of all households, 72.4% were family households, 25.4% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Fennell Bay, 33.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.7% 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 Fennell Bay, 38.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fennell Bay, there were 45 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 53.3%) were male and 21 (or 46.7%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Fennell Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $614.

In Fennell Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,817.