Horsfield Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 527 people in Horsfield Bay of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Horsfield Bay was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.3% of the population.

Of people in Horsfield Bay aged 15 years and over, 55.1% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Horsfield Bay was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Horsfield Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Horsfield Bay was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Horsfield Bay 34.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.9% were in primary school, 21.9% in secondary school and 18.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Horsfield Bay were English 30.1%, Australian 26.6%, Irish 13.2%, Scottish 9.2% and German 2.9%.

In Horsfield Bay, 77.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, New Zealand 2.3%, South Africa 1.1%, Ireland 0.9% and Germany 0.8%.

In Horsfield Bay, 63.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Horsfield Bay were No Religion 29.2%, Catholic 22.6%, Anglican 18.4%, Christian, nfd 4.7% and Baptist 2.7%.

In Horsfield Bay 89.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.3%, Portuguese 1.3%, Afrikaans 0.6%, Thai 0.6% and Filipino 0.6%.

Employment

There were 278 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Horsfield Bay. Of these 57.6% were employed full time, 32.0% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Horsfield Bay, 13.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Horsfield Bay was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Horsfield Bay included Professionals 28.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Managers 13.9%, Sales Workers 12.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Labourers 8.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Horsfield Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.6%, Hospitals 6.3%, Tertiary Education 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7% and Real Estate Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Horsfield Bay was $682.

In Horsfield Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.6%, Train 7.4%, Train, car as driver 4.8%, Train, car as passenger 3.0% and Taxi 1.5%. On the day, 15.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Horsfield Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.2% provided care for children and 16.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.9% 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 Horsfield Bay, 29.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Horsfield Bay, 55.0% were couple families with children, 32.2% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Horsfield Bay 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Horsfield Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,924 and those without children was $1,650.

Employment status of couple families

In Horsfield Bay, of couple families with children, 18.3% had both partners employed full-time, 5.6% had both employed part-time and 26.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Horsfield Bay, 88.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Horsfield Bay, 98.3% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Horsfield Bay, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 13.4% had 2 bedrooms and 41.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Horsfield Bay, 31.1% were owned outright, 51.4% were owned with a mortgage and 14.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Horsfield Bay, of all households, 80.7% were family households, 17.0% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Horsfield Bay, 14.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.2% 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 Horsfield Bay, 34.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Horsfield Bay, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 66.7%) were male and 3 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Horsfield Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Horsfield Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.