Denial Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 501 people in Denial Bay of these 53.5% were male and 46.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 13.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Denial Bay was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.0% of the population.

Of people in Denial Bay aged 15 years and over, 54.9% were married and 8.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Denial Bay was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Denial Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Denial Bay was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Denial Bay 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.4% were in primary school, 25.6% in secondary school and 5.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Denial Bay were Australian 35.1%, English 25.7%, German 8.6%, Australian Aboriginal 8.0% and Irish 6.9%.

In Denial Bay, 90.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Netherlands 1.2%, Belgium 1.0%, England 1.0% and Zimbabwe 0.8%.

In Denial Bay, 84.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Denial Bay were No Religion 26.5%, Lutheran 16.1%, Catholic 14.3%, Anglican 13.9% and Uniting Church 12.4%.

In Denial Bay 86.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Pitjantjatjara 1.6%, Latvian 0.8%, Kukatha 0.8%, Afrikaans 0.6% and Tagalog 0.6%.

Employment

There were 300 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Denial Bay. Of these 66.7% were employed full time, 23.7% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Denial Bay, 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Denial Bay was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Denial Bay included Managers 40.0%, Labourers 13.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.3%, Professionals 8.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9% and Sales Workers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Denial Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 35.4%, Aquaculture 5.8%, School Education 4.8%, Hospitals 4.5% and Road Freight Transport 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Denial Bay was $651.

In Denial Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.1%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Walked only 4.8%, Bus 2.4% and Car as driver, motorbike/scooter 1.7%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Denial Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.1% provided care for children and 8.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.1% 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 Denial Bay, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Denial Bay, 50.4% were couple families with children, 44.4% were couple families without children and 3.0% were one parent families.

In Denial Bay 57.1% of single parents were male and 42.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Denial Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,711 and those without children was $1,550.

Employment status of couple families

In Denial Bay, of couple families with children, 32.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 31.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Denial Bay, 78.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Denial Bay, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Denial Bay, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 14.0% had 2 bedrooms and 55.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Denial Bay, 38.8% were owned outright, 23.0% were owned with a mortgage and 34.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Denial Bay, of all households, 75.1% were family households, 21.5% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Denial Bay, 17.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Denial Bay, 14.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Denial Bay, there were 68 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 33 (or 48.5%) were male and 35 (or 51.5%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Denial Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $814.

In Denial Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $50 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.