Jurien Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,507 people in Jurien Bay of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Jurien Bay was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.5% of the population.

Of people in Jurien Bay aged 15 years and over, 56.0% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jurien Bay was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Jurien Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jurien Bay was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Jurien Bay 26.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.2% were in primary school, 11.6% in secondary school and 8.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jurien Bay were Australian 35.5%, English 31.0%, Scottish 7.2%, Irish 6.3% and German 2.4%.

In Jurien Bay, 79.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, New Zealand 3.2%, South Africa 0.7%, Netherlands 0.5% and Scotland 0.5%.

In Jurien Bay, 66.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jurien Bay were No Religion 32.1%, Anglican 27.5%, Catholic 17.2%, Uniting Church 2.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.0%.

In Jurien Bay 90.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Portuguese 0.5%, Finnish 0.4%, Japanese 0.4%, French 0.3% and Dutch 0.2%.

Employment

There were 640 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jurien Bay. Of these 55.0% were employed full time, 30.6% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jurien Bay, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Jurien Bay was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Jurien Bay included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.7%, Labourers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Managers 12.5%, Professionals 11.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5% and Sales Workers 8.4%.

Of the employed people in Jurien Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.9%, Local Government Administration 4.8%, Building Completion Services 4.0%, Accommodation 4.0% and Metal Ore Mining 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jurien Bay was $568.

In Jurien Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.6%, Walked only 5.4%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Other 3.5% and Bicycle 3.0%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jurien Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.4% 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 Jurien Bay, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jurien Bay, 38.0% were couple families with children, 50.1% were couple families without children and 10.5% were one parent families.

In Jurien Bay 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jurien Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,176 and those without children was $1,916.

Employment status of couple families

In Jurien Bay, of couple families with children, 12.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 16.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Jurien Bay, 47.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 52.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jurien Bay, 91.5% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.9% were other dwellings.

In Jurien Bay, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 8.8% had 2 bedrooms and 38.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jurien Bay, 37.3% were owned outright, 27.6% were owned with a mortgage and 32.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Jurien Bay, of all households, 68.4% were family households, 29.7% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Jurien Bay, 30.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.5% 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 Jurien Bay, 33.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jurien Bay, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 61.1%) were male and 7 (or 38.9%) were female. The median age was 8 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 Jurien Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Jurien Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.