Bayview Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,150 people in Bayview Heights of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Bayview Heights was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Bayview Heights aged 15 years and over, 55.0% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bayview Heights was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Bayview Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bayview Heights was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Bayview Heights 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.8% were in primary school, 24.7% in secondary school and 14.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bayview Heights were Australian 27.8%, English 27.0%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 6.8% and Italian 5.5%.

In Bayview Heights, 79.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.1%, England 2.8%, Papua New Guinea 0.9%, Italy 0.8% and Philippines 0.8%.

In Bayview Heights, 65.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bayview Heights were Catholic 34.2%, No Religion 20.3%, Anglican 17.2%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Bayview Heights 88.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.6%, Japanese 1.0%, German 0.6%, Greek 0.5% and Mandarin 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,363 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bayview Heights. Of these 62.4% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bayview Heights, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bayview Heights was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Bayview Heights included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.8%, Professionals 16.7%, Sales Workers 11.8%, Managers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Labourers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Bayview Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Hospitals 3.4%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bayview Heights was $696.

In Bayview Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.5%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Bus 1.4%, Truck 1.1% and Motorbike/scooter 1.0%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bayview Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.6% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.0% 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 Bayview Heights, 29.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bayview Heights, 43.7% were couple families with children, 42.0% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Bayview Heights 23.7% of single parents were male and 76.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bayview Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,207 and those without children was $1,908.

Employment status of couple families

In Bayview Heights, of couple families with children, 27.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 23.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bayview Heights, 92.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bayview Heights, 99.4% were separate houses, 0.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bayview Heights, of occupied private dwellings 0.2% had 1 bedroom, 3.2% had 2 bedrooms and 52.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bayview Heights, 39.1% were owned outright, 41.3% were owned with a mortgage and 17.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Bayview Heights, of all households, 82.8% were family households, 13.9% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Bayview Heights, 14.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.1% 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 Bayview Heights, 25.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bayview Heights, there were 156 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 85 (or 54.5%) were male and 71 (or 45.5%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Bayview Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,474.

In Bayview Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $290 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,400.