Ansons Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 371 people in Ansons Bay of these 54.7% were male and 45.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Ansons Bay was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.6% of the population.

Of people in Ansons Bay aged 15 years and over, 50.2% were married and 20.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ansons Bay was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Ansons Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ansons Bay was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Ansons Bay 24.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 14.4% in secondary school and 13.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ansons Bay were English 30.0%, Australian 29.2%, Scottish 10.4%, Irish 8.4% and German 4.5%.

In Ansons Bay, 80.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.2%, New Zealand 1.3%, Canada 0.8%, Germany 0.8% and India 0.8%.

In Ansons Bay, 72.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ansons Bay were Anglican 33.9%, No Religion 31.7%, Catholic 12.9%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.2%.

In Ansons Bay 94.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Serbian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 146 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ansons Bay. Of these 44.5% were employed full time, 32.2% were employed part-time and 12.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ansons Bay, 14.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ansons Bay was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Ansons Bay included Managers 29.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.1%, Labourers 15.7%, Professionals 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 2.4% and Sales Workers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Ansons Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 11.9%, School Education 6.3%, Accommodation 5.6%, Local Government Administration 5.6% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ansons Bay was $352.

In Ansons Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 42.5%, Car, as passenger 9.4%, Other 7.9%, Walked only 7.1% and Truck 3.9%. 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 51.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ansons Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.8% provided care for children and 19.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.8% 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 Ansons Bay, 19.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 21.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ansons Bay, 29.5% were couple families with children, 54.3% were couple families without children and 16.2% were one parent families.

In Ansons Bay 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ansons Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,042.

Employment status of couple families

In Ansons Bay, of couple families with children, 6.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 11.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ansons Bay, 39.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 60.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ansons Bay, 95.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Ansons Bay, of occupied private dwellings 8.1% had 1 bedroom, 23.0% had 2 bedrooms and 41.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ansons Bay, 50.3% were owned outright, 25.9% were owned with a mortgage and 15.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Ansons Bay, of all households, 70.7% were family households, 26.5% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Ansons Bay, 40.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 Ansons Bay, 27.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ansons Bay, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 6 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Ansons Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Ansons 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.