Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 437 people in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW) of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW) was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW) aged 15 years and over, 54.6% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW) was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW) 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.7% were in primary school, 20.7% in secondary school and 10.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW) were Australian 37.6%, English 27.9%, Irish 8.0%, Scottish 7.1% and Dutch 1.9%.

In Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), 81.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 2.3%, Netherlands 1.6% and Cyprus 0.9%.

In Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), 76.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW) were Anglican 30.0%, No Religion 20.1%, Catholic 16.9%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3%.

In Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW) 90.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Greek 0.7%.

Employment

There were 198 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW). Of these 53.0% were employed full time, 34.3% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW) included Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.9%, Labourers 15.9%, Managers 14.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.2%, Professionals 9.5%, Sales Workers 8.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Aquaculture 7.4%, Road Freight Transport 6.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.3%, Postal and Courier Pick-up and Delivery Services 4.8% and Accommodation 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW) was $471.

In Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.8%, Walked only 7.9%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Truck 2.1% and Car as driver, car as passenger 2.1%. On the day, 2.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), 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, 31.2% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.6% 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 Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), 38.2% were couple families with children, 42.3% were couple families without children and 17.1% were one parent families.

In Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW) 23.8% of single parents were male and 76.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,849.

Employment status of couple families

In Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), of couple families with children, 10.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 27.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), 86.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), 97.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.2% were other dwellings.

In Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 12.4% had 2 bedrooms and 35.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), 48.5% were owned outright, 34.6% were owned with a mortgage and 14.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), of all households, 85.5% were family households, 12.3% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), 21.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.4% 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 Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), 23.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 23.1%) were male and 20 (or 76.9%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,733.

In Swan Bay (Port Stephens - NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,400.