Little Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,937 people in Little Bay of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Little Bay was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.9% of the population.

Of people in Little Bay aged 15 years and over, 50.7% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Little Bay was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Little Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Little Bay was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Little Bay 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.0% were in primary school, 16.1% in secondary school and 16.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Little Bay were English 22.9%, Australian 21.9%, Irish 8.7%, Chinese 5.4% and Scottish 5.3%.

In Little Bay, 61.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, New Zealand 1.8%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.8%, Malaysia 1.6% and South Africa 1.2%.

In Little Bay, 43.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 43.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Little Bay were Catholic 33.9%, Anglican 19.7%, No Religion 16.6%, Eastern Orthodox 4.5% and Judaism 3.4%.

In Little Bay 70.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 2.3%, Greek 2.1%, Mandarin 2.1%, French 1.2% and Spanish 1.2%.

Employment

There were 1,388 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Little Bay. Of these 65.4% were employed full time, 26.3% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Little Bay, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Little Bay was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Little Bay included Professionals 26.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.4%, Managers 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Sales Workers 7.0%, Labourers 4.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Little Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 5.9%, School Education 4.1%, Hospitals 4.0%, Tertiary Education 3.6% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Little Bay was $731.

In Little Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.0%, Bus 8.4%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Bus, car as driver 1.6% and Bicycle 1.4%. On the day, 12.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Little Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.4% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.3% 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 Little Bay, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Little Bay, 51.4% were couple families with children, 35.0% were couple families without children and 12.3% were one parent families.

In Little Bay 17.9% of single parents were male and 82.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Little Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,927 and those without children was $2,529.

Employment status of couple families

In Little Bay, of couple families with children, 28.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 21.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Little Bay, 90.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Little Bay, 48.7% were separate houses, 14.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 37.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Little Bay, of occupied private dwellings 13.0% had 1 bedroom, 17.0% had 2 bedrooms and 33.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Little Bay, 29.0% were owned outright, 28.6% were owned with a mortgage and 36.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Little Bay, of all households, 68.5% were family households, 29.4% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Little Bay, 24.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.4% 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 Little Bay, 32.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Little Bay, there were 121 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 55 (or 45.5%) were male and 66 (or 54.5%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Little Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $966.

In Little Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.