Tin Can Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,994 people in Tin Can Bay of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Tin Can Bay was 58 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 34.3% of the population.

Of people in Tin Can Bay aged 15 years and over, 53.9% were married and 18.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tin Can Bay was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Tin Can Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tin Can Bay was 64 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Tin Can Bay 20.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.7% were in primary school, 17.9% in secondary school and 7.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tin Can Bay were English 32.4%, Australian 30.8%, Scottish 8.5%, Irish 8.2% and German 5.3%.

In Tin Can Bay, 78.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, New Zealand 2.5%, Germany 1.2%, Netherlands 0.8% and United States of America 0.6%.

In Tin Can Bay, 73.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tin Can Bay were Anglican 21.7%, No Religion 21.7%, Catholic 18.9%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9%.

In Tin Can Bay 91.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.9%, Filipino 0.4%, Dutch 0.2%, Danish 0.2% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 513 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tin Can Bay. Of these 42.3% were employed full time, 39.0% were employed part-time and 11.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tin Can Bay, 18.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tin Can Bay was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Tin Can Bay included Labourers 18.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.4%, Sales Workers 13.7%, Professionals 11.9%, Managers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Tin Can Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Building Installation Services 4.6% and Accommodation 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tin Can Bay was $356.

In Tin Can Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.2%, Walked only 6.8%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Truck 3.8% and Bicycle 2.2%. 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 57.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tin Can Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 15.6% provided care for children and 15.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.7% 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 Tin Can Bay, 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tin Can Bay, 17.6% were couple families with children, 65.5% were couple families without children and 15.8% were one parent families.

In Tin Can Bay 30.2% of single parents were male and 69.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tin Can Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,390 and those without children was $1,218.

Employment status of couple families

In Tin Can Bay, of couple families with children, 7.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 5.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tin Can Bay, 72.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 28.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tin Can Bay, 71.9% were separate houses, 2.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.9% were flats, units or apartments and 10.7% were other dwellings.

In Tin Can Bay, of occupied private dwellings 10.6% had 1 bedroom, 21.9% had 2 bedrooms and 47.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tin Can Bay, 47.1% were owned outright, 12.0% were owned with a mortgage and 35.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Tin Can Bay, of all households, 60.8% were family households, 36.2% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Tin Can Bay, 52.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.5% 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 Tin Can Bay, 53.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tin Can Bay, there were 51 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 26 (or 51.0%) were male and 25 (or 49.0%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Tin Can Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $733.

In Tin Can Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,705.