Watermans Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,170 people in Watermans Bay of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Watermans Bay was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.7% of the population.

Of people in Watermans Bay aged 15 years and over, 53.7% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Watermans Bay was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Watermans Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Watermans Bay was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Watermans Bay 24.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.8% were in primary school, 14.2% in secondary school and 22.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Watermans Bay were English 34.1%, Australian 29.6%, Scottish 7.0%, Irish 6.8% and Italian 3.7%.

In Watermans Bay, 70.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.1%, New Zealand 3.6%, South Africa 2.1%, Scotland 1.1% and Germany 1.0%.

In Watermans Bay, 50.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Watermans Bay were No Religion 25.3%, Anglican 25.2%, Catholic 23.5%, Uniting Church 3.3% and Christian, nfd 3.3%.

In Watermans Bay 91.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.2%, Italian 0.7%, German 0.5%, Spanish 0.4% and French 0.3%.

Employment

There were 627 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Watermans Bay. Of these 59.2% were employed full time, 33.5% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Watermans Bay, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Watermans Bay was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Watermans Bay included Professionals 29.5%, Managers 18.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9%, Labourers 4.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Watermans Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.3%, Hospitals 4.2%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.1%, Residential Building Construction 3.6% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Watermans Bay was $801.

In Watermans Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.8%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Train 2.5%, Train, bus 2.5% and Train, car as passenger 1.5%. On the day, 7.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Watermans Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.3% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.9% 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 Watermans Bay, 31.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Watermans Bay, 43.4% were couple families with children, 45.9% were couple families without children and 9.4% were one parent families.

In Watermans Bay 32.3% of single parents were male and 67.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Watermans Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,016 and those without children was $2,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Watermans Bay, of couple families with children, 17.6% had both partners employed full-time, 6.9% had both employed part-time and 22.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Watermans Bay, 86.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Watermans Bay, 54.9% were separate houses, 27.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 17.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Watermans Bay, of occupied private dwellings 6.7% had 1 bedroom, 19.7% had 2 bedrooms and 41.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Watermans Bay, 39.9% were owned outright, 25.5% were owned with a mortgage and 31.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Watermans Bay, of all households, 67.0% were family households, 29.6% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Watermans Bay, 20.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.5% 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 Watermans Bay, 31.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Watermans Bay, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 62.5%) were male and 3 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Watermans Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Watermans Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.