Woy Woy Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 432 people in Woy Woy Bay of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Woy Woy Bay was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.2% of the population.

Of people in Woy Woy Bay aged 15 years and over, 59.7% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Woy Woy Bay was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Woy Woy Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Woy Woy Bay was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Woy Woy Bay 32.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 10.6% were in primary school, 20.6% in secondary school and 10.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Woy Woy Bay were Australian 30.4%, English 29.2%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 7.1% and German 2.2%.

In Woy Woy Bay, 77.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.3%, Lebanon 0.9%, New Zealand 0.9%, Philippines 0.9% and Papua New Guinea 0.7%.

In Woy Woy Bay, 73.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Woy Woy Bay were Anglican 28.2%, Catholic 25.2%, No Religion 18.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6% and Baptist 1.4%.

In Woy Woy Bay 87.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Arabic 0.9%.

Employment

There were 211 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Woy Woy Bay. Of these 57.8% were employed full time, 34.1% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Woy Woy Bay, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Woy Woy Bay was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Woy Woy Bay included Professionals 23.0%, Managers 21.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Sales Workers 12.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9% and Labourers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Woy Woy Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.4%, Depository Financial Intermediation 4.4%, School Education 4.4% and Allied Health Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Woy Woy Bay was $651.

In Woy Woy Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.5%, Train 4.4%, Train, car as driver 2.4%, Car, as passenger 1.5% and Train, bus 1.5%. On the day, 10.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Woy Woy Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.9% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.1% 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 Woy Woy Bay, 29.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Woy Woy Bay, 41.3% were couple families with children, 48.8% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In Woy Woy Bay 54.5% of single parents were male and 45.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Woy Woy Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,700 and those without children was $3,285.

Employment status of couple families

In Woy Woy Bay, of couple families with children, 14.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.4% had both employed part-time and 23.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Woy Woy Bay, 84.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woy Woy Bay, 96.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Woy Woy Bay, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 15.5% had 2 bedrooms and 45.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woy Woy Bay, 37.9% were owned outright, 35.3% were owned with a mortgage and 24.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Woy Woy Bay, of all households, 74.7% were family households, 18.2% were single person households and 7.1% were group households.

In Woy Woy Bay, 20.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.8% 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 Woy Woy Bay, 30.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Woy Woy Bay, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 60.0%) were male and 6 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 5 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 Woy Woy Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Woy Woy Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.