Yowie Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,167 people in Yowie Bay of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Yowie Bay was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.8% of the population.

Of people in Yowie Bay aged 15 years and over, 61.3% were married and 6.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yowie Bay was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Yowie Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yowie Bay was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Yowie Bay 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.7% were in primary school, 27.5% in secondary school and 20.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yowie Bay were English 30.6%, Australian 28.7%, Irish 10.0%, Scottish 6.6% and Italian 3.9%.

In Yowie Bay, 83.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.9%, New Zealand 0.9%, Italy 0.9% and Egypt 0.7%.

In Yowie Bay, 65.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yowie Bay were Catholic 32.3%, Anglican 28.3%, No Religion 15.9%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Eastern Orthodox 4.5%.

In Yowie Bay 88.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 2.1%, Italian 1.3%, Mandarin 0.9%, Cantonese 0.6% and Spanish 0.6%.

Employment

There were 1,633 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yowie Bay. Of these 56.6% were employed full time, 35.5% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yowie Bay, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yowie Bay was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Yowie Bay included Professionals 25.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.0%, Managers 18.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, Labourers 4.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Yowie Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Air and Space Transport 3.6%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2% and Hospitals 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yowie Bay was $749.

In Yowie Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.5%, Train 5.9%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Walked only 2.1% and Train, car as driver 1.8%. On the day, 8.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yowie Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.6% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.7% 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 Yowie Bay, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yowie Bay, 56.5% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 8.9% were one parent families.

In Yowie Bay 20.5% of single parents were male and 79.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yowie Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,192 and those without children was $2,692.

Employment status of couple families

In Yowie Bay, of couple families with children, 18.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 26.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yowie Bay, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yowie Bay, 87.6% were separate houses, 4.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Yowie Bay, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 11.7% had 2 bedrooms and 36.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yowie Bay, 51.0% were owned outright, 37.5% were owned with a mortgage and 6.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Yowie Bay, of all households, 82.5% were family households, 15.9% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Yowie Bay, 12.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 29.6% 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 Yowie Bay, 23.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yowie Bay, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 35.7%) were male and 9 (or 64.3%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Yowie Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,250.

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