Taylor Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 247 people in Taylor Bay of these 55.1% were male and 44.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Taylor Bay was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.8% of the population.

Of people in Taylor Bay aged 15 years and over, 67.3% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Taylor Bay was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Taylor Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Taylor Bay was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Taylor Bay 19.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.0% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 12.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Taylor Bay were English 37.3%, Australian 21.9%, Irish 11.6%, Scottish 10.0% and German 3.1%.

In Taylor Bay, 71.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.1%, Poland 2.4%, Netherlands 2.0%, Canada 1.6% and Germany 1.6%.

In Taylor Bay, 67.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Taylor Bay were No Religion 28.5%, Anglican 17.3%, Catholic 16.9%, Uniting Church 14.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Taylor Bay 86.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Polish 2.4%, French 1.6% and Maori (New Zealand) 1.6%.

Employment

There were 111 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Taylor Bay. Of these 55.9% were employed full time, 36.9% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Taylor Bay, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Taylor Bay was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 55 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Taylor Bay were Community and Personal Service Workers 20.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.2%, Managers 13.6%, Professionals 13.6%, Labourers 13.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Taylor Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Adult, Community and Other Education 10.9%, Sports and Physical Recreation Activities 6.4%, School Education 5.5%, Residential Care Services 5.5% and Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Taylor Bay was $436.

In Taylor Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.5%, Walked only 7.3%, Other 3.6%, Car, as passenger 2.7% and Truck 2.7%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Taylor Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.5% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.3% 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 Taylor Bay, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 21.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Taylor Bay, 28.1% were couple families with children, 71.9% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Taylor Bay 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Taylor Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,536 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Taylor Bay, of couple families with children, 6.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Taylor Bay, 32.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 67.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Taylor Bay, 83.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 16.2% were other dwellings.

In Taylor Bay, of occupied private dwellings 13.1% had 1 bedroom, 13.1% had 2 bedrooms and 38.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Taylor Bay, 50.0% were owned outright, 29.6% were owned with a mortgage and 13.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Taylor Bay, of all households, 66.3% were family households, 28.6% were single person households and 5.1% were group households.

In Taylor Bay, 29.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 Taylor Bay, 28.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Taylor Bay, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Taylor Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Taylor 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 $637.