Salamander Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,844 people in Salamander Bay of these 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Salamander Bay was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 31.3% of the population.

Of people in Salamander Bay aged 15 years and over, 52.9% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Salamander Bay was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Salamander Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Salamander Bay was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Salamander Bay 27.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.7% were in primary school, 20.9% in secondary school and 13.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Salamander Bay were English 32.5%, Australian 31.4%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 7.7% and German 2.7%.

In Salamander Bay, 78.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.6%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 1.1%, United States of America 0.4% and Germany 0.4%.

In Salamander Bay, 70.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Salamander Bay were Anglican 30.5%, Catholic 22.1%, No Religion 16.8%, Uniting Church 7.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5%.

In Salamander Bay 90.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 0.4%, Greek 0.4%, Italian 0.3%, Japanese 0.3% and German 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,763 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Salamander Bay. Of these 52.7% were employed full time, 34.9% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Salamander Bay, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Salamander Bay was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Salamander Bay included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.4%, Professionals 13.9%, Sales Workers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Managers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Labourers 10.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Salamander Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.5%, Defence 5.1%, Accommodation 4.7%, School Education 4.0% and Residential Care Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Salamander Bay was $458.

In Salamander Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Walked only 3.8%, Bus 1.0% and Bicycle 0.7%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Salamander Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.0% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.8% 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 Salamander Bay, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Salamander Bay, 31.4% were couple families with children, 51.8% were couple families without children and 16.0% were one parent families.

In Salamander Bay 16.1% of single parents were male and 83.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Salamander Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,068 and those without children was $1,554.

Employment status of couple families

In Salamander Bay, of couple families with children, 11.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 17.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Salamander Bay, 85.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Salamander Bay, 64.1% were separate houses, 27.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.1% were flats, units or apartments and 2.3% were other dwellings.

In Salamander Bay, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 19.1% had 2 bedrooms and 45.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Salamander Bay, 44.9% were owned outright, 21.1% were owned with a mortgage and 28.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Salamander Bay, of all households, 67.8% were family households, 30.0% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Salamander Bay, 34.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% 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 Salamander Bay, 44.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Salamander Bay, there were 100 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 46 (or 46.0%) were male and 54 (or 54.0%) 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 Salamander Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $862.

In Salamander Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $268 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,170.