Rowes Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 539 people in Rowes Bay of these 39.3% were male and 60.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Rowes Bay was 72 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 53.0% of the population.

Of people in Rowes Bay aged 15 years and over, 39.0% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rowes Bay was 69 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Rowes Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rowes Bay was 69 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Rowes Bay 23.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.0% were in primary school, 18.0% in secondary school and 15.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rowes Bay were English 31.6%, Australian 26.7%, Irish 15.1%, Scottish 9.1% and German 2.8%.

In Rowes Bay, 75.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.9%, Scotland 2.0%, South Africa 1.5%, Ireland 1.3% and United States of America 0.9%.

In Rowes Bay, 61.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rowes Bay were Catholic 30.2%, Anglican 27.6%, No Religion 13.0%, Uniting Church 8.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.9%.

In Rowes Bay 86.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.3%, French 0.9%, Thai 0.7%, German 0.6% and Dutch 0.6%.

Employment

There were 165 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rowes Bay. Of these 61.2% were employed full time, 28.5% were employed part-time and 1.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rowes Bay, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rowes Bay was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Rowes Bay included Professionals 29.4%, Sales Workers 13.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.9%, Managers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1%, Labourers 6.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Rowes Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 8.1%, Tertiary Education 6.2%, Medical Services 6.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6% and School Education 5.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rowes Bay was $542.

In Rowes Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.6%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Taxi 2.5%, Motorbike/scooter 1.9% and Bicycle 1.9%. 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 74.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rowes Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 13.8% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.2% 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 Rowes Bay, 21.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rowes Bay, 29.2% were couple families with children, 63.2% were couple families without children and 7.5% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Rowes Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,968 and those without children was $2,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Rowes Bay, of couple families with children, 20.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 21.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rowes Bay, 87.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rowes Bay, 90.4% were separate houses, 2.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Rowes Bay, of occupied private dwellings 13.2% had 1 bedroom, 40.5% had 2 bedrooms and 19.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rowes Bay, 21.0% were owned outright, 15.5% were owned with a mortgage and 18.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Rowes Bay, of all households, 49.1% were family households, 47.7% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Rowes Bay, 42.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.8% 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 Rowes Bay, 35.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rowes Bay, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 57.1%) were male and 3 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Rowes Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Rowes 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.