Sunshine Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,238 people in Sunshine Bay of these 46.3% were male and 53.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Sunshine Bay was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 33.9% of the population.

Of people in Sunshine Bay aged 15 years and over, 55.3% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sunshine Bay was 65 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Sunshine Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sunshine Bay was 65 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Sunshine Bay 25.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.7% were in primary school, 29.1% in secondary school and 12.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sunshine Bay were English 32.9%, Australian 31.3%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 8.7% and German 2.3%.

In Sunshine Bay, 79.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.4%, Scotland 1.7%, Germany 1.4%, Croatia 0.6% and New Zealand 0.6%.

In Sunshine Bay, 68.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sunshine Bay were Anglican 31.3%, Catholic 25.4%, No Religion 17.6%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Sunshine Bay 93.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Croatian 0.7%, German 0.5%, Russian 0.4%, Italian 0.3% and Welsh 0.2%.

Employment

There were 420 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sunshine Bay. Of these 45.7% were employed full time, 38.6% were employed part-time and 10.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sunshine Bay, 16.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.1% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Sunshine Bay included Sales Workers 17.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.3%, Professionals 14.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Managers 11.3%, Labourers 9.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Sunshine Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.1%, School Education 6.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.6%, Residential Care Services 5.5% and Public Order and Safety Services 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sunshine Bay was $393.

In Sunshine Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.0%, Car, as passenger 8.4%, Walked only 2.6%, Truck 1.6% and Taxi 1.0%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sunshine Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.7% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.2% 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 Sunshine Bay, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sunshine Bay, 27.5% were couple families with children, 53.2% were couple families without children and 18.5% were one parent families.

In Sunshine Bay 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sunshine Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,625 and those without children was $1,093.

Employment status of couple families

In Sunshine Bay, of couple families with children, 9.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 12.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sunshine Bay, 76.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sunshine Bay, 79.8% were separate houses, 12.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.8% were other dwellings.

In Sunshine Bay, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 10.4% had 2 bedrooms and 44.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sunshine Bay, 49.2% were owned outright, 22.2% were owned with a mortgage and 24.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Sunshine Bay, of all households, 74.5% were family households, 24.2% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Sunshine Bay, 34.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 Sunshine Bay, 48.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sunshine Bay, there were 67 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 25 (or 37.3%) were male and 42 (or 62.7%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Sunshine Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $619.

In Sunshine 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 $325.