Fisherman Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 130 people in Fisherman Bay of these 57.7% were male and 42.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Fisherman Bay was 60 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 4.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 32.1% of the population.

Of people in Fisherman Bay aged 15 years and over, 44.4% were married and 18.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fisherman Bay was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 38 years.

In Fisherman Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fisherman Bay was 68 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Fisherman Bay 15.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 0.0% were in primary school, 15.8% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fisherman Bay were English 38.9%, Australian 26.9%, Scottish 8.6%, German 7.4% and Irish 6.3%.

In Fisherman Bay, 84.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 5.4% and Wales 3.8%.

In Fisherman Bay, 79.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fisherman Bay were No Religion 25.4%, Anglican 19.2%, Uniting Church 16.2%, Catholic 13.8% and Baptist 6.2%.

In Fisherman Bay 90.8% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 33 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fisherman Bay. Of these 57.6% were employed full time, 24.2% were employed part-time and 9.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fisherman Bay, 13.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 31.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fisherman Bay was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Fisherman Bay were Machinery Operators And Drivers 31.0%, Labourers 24.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.8%, Managers 10.3%, Professionals 10.3% and Technicians and Trades Workers 10.3%.

Of the employed people in Fisherman Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 14.8%, Beverage Manufacturing 14.8%, Preschool Education 14.8%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 11.1% and Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 11.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fisherman Bay was $298.

In Fisherman Bay, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 74.1%, Car, as passenger 14.8% and Bus 11.1%. On the day, 10.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 89.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fisherman Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 8.1% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.0% 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 Fisherman Bay, 18.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 5.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fisherman Bay, 0.0% were couple families with children, 85.7% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Fisherman Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Fisherman Bay, of couple families with children, 11.1% had both partners employed full-time, 11.1% had both employed part-time and 11.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fisherman Bay, 15.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 84.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fisherman 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 Fisherman Bay, of occupied private dwellings 13.6% had 1 bedroom, 39.4% had 2 bedrooms and 36.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 1.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fisherman Bay, 66.2% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 23.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Fisherman Bay, of all households, 42.9% were family households, 48.6% were single person households and 8.6% were group households.

In Fisherman Bay, 74.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Fisherman Bay, 50.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fisherman Bay, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 78 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 Fisherman Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Fisherman 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.