Bakers Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 267 people in Bakers Beach of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Bakers Beach was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.2% of the population.

Of people in Bakers Beach aged 15 years and over, 62.3% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bakers Beach was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Bakers Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bakers Beach was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Bakers Beach 26.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.1% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 12.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bakers Beach were English 37.8%, Australian 28.8%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 8.9% and German 3.2%.

In Bakers Beach, 81.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, Germany 2.3%, Netherlands 1.9%, Ethiopia 1.1% and Fiji 1.1%.

In Bakers Beach, 77.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bakers Beach were Anglican 29.2%, No Religion 24.6%, Catholic 11.4%, Uniting Church 8.3% and Baptist 5.7%.

In Bakers Beach 92.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.5% and Dutch 1.5%.

Employment

There were 151 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bakers Beach. Of these 56.3% were employed full time, 31.1% were employed part-time and 7.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bakers Beach, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bakers Beach was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Bakers Beach included Managers 25.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 24.5%, Professionals 13.7%, Labourers 10.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.9%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Bakers Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 16.4%, School Education 7.1%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 5.0%, Building Installation Services 5.0% and State Government Administration 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bakers Beach was $549.

In Bakers Beach, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 52.9%, Walked only 6.4% and Car, as passenger 3.6%. 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 55.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bakers Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.5% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.6% 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 Bakers Beach, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bakers Beach, 46.9% were couple families with children, 44.4% were couple families without children and 4.9% were one parent families.

In Bakers Beach 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bakers Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,571 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Bakers Beach, of couple families with children, 17.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 29.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bakers Beach, 84.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bakers Beach, 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 Bakers Beach, of occupied private dwellings 8.8% had 1 bedroom, 15.7% had 2 bedrooms and 54.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bakers Beach, 50.0% were owned outright, 35.0% were owned with a mortgage and 11.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Bakers Beach, of all households, 80.4% were family households, 16.7% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Bakers Beach, 30.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.4% 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 Bakers Beach, 19.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bakers Beach, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 5 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Bakers Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Bakers Beach, 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.