Fingal Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,503 people in Fingal Bay of these 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Fingal Bay was 58 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 37.5% of the population.

Of people in Fingal Bay aged 15 years and over, 52.0% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fingal Bay was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Fingal Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fingal Bay was 65 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Fingal Bay 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.3% were in primary school, 17.2% in secondary school and 9.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fingal Bay were English 31.3%, Australian 29.3%, Irish 9.8%, Scottish 8.6% and German 2.0%.

In Fingal Bay, 73.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 0.6%, South Africa 0.5% and Ireland 0.5%.

In Fingal Bay, 73.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fingal Bay were Anglican 29.6%, Catholic 20.6%, No Religion 16.0%, Uniting Church 6.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Fingal Bay 84.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.2%, Afrikaans 0.2%, Icelandic 0.2%, Greek 0.2% and Italian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 506 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fingal Bay. Of these 50.2% were employed full time, 36.8% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fingal Bay, 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fingal Bay was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Fingal Bay included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Professionals 17.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.4%, Sales Workers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Managers 10.4%, Labourers 9.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Fingal Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 7.4%, School Education 7.0%, Residential Care Services 6.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.1% and Local Government Administration 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fingal Bay was $459.

In Fingal Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.7%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Walked only 5.3%, Bus 2.1% and Truck 1.9%. 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 68.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fingal Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.3% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.6% 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 Fingal Bay, 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fingal Bay, 23.7% were couple families with children, 60.8% were couple families without children and 14.2% were one parent families.

In Fingal Bay 44.0% of single parents were male and 56.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fingal Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,349 and those without children was $1,187.

Employment status of couple families

In Fingal Bay, of couple families with children, 10.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 13.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fingal Bay, 60.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 39.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fingal Bay, 53.6% were separate houses, 32.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Fingal Bay, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 27.1% had 2 bedrooms and 46.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fingal Bay, 44.6% were owned outright, 14.1% were owned with a mortgage and 30.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Fingal Bay, of all households, 63.0% were family households, 33.8% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Fingal Bay, 35.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Fingal Bay, 53.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fingal Bay, there were 32 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 40.6%) were male and 19 (or 59.4%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Fingal Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $824.

In Fingal Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $235 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.