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Calista vs Safety Bay - Shoalwater
Statistical Area 2 (SA2) comparison ≈ 8.6 km apart · Calista profile · Safety Bay - Shoalwater profile
Calista Safety Bay - Shoalwater
Safety Bay - Shoalwater and Calista are neighbouring areas with distinct profiles. Safety Bay - Shoalwater is an older community where the typical resident is 46 and 38.8% of homes are owned outright. In contrast, Calista has a younger population with a typical age of 39 and much lower outright home ownership at 21.7%. Access to basics also differs; 93.5% of Safety Bay - Shoalwater homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries, compared to just 34.6% in Calista. However, Calista provides better health access, with 57.9% of homes near health services versus only 0.9% in Safety Bay - Shoalwater.
Everyday life is similar in both places, as they have nearly the same share of people born overseas (around 29%) and an identical number of people per bedroom. They both feature a high proportion of separate houses and take about 88 to 89 minutes to reach the city. While some gaps are widening, such as the difference in high weekly earnings and the use of other languages at home, others are closing. The age gap between the two areas has narrowed from 10 years to 7 years since 2011.
Where they differ most
Demographics & Identity
- First area, 2011: 7,370
- First area, 2016: 7,667
- First area, 2021: 7,434
- Second area, 2011: 11,238
- Second area, 2016: 11,508
- Second area, 2021: 12,039
- First area, 2011: 34 yrs
- First area, 2016: 35 yrs
- First area, 2021: 39 yrs
- Second area, 2011: 44 yrs
- Second area, 2016: 45 yrs
- Second area, 2021: 46 yrs
Age structure
Marital status
Age & sex structure
Bars show the share of each area's own population, so differently sized areas stay comparable.
- 85+ in Calista: 1.0% males, 1.8% females; 85+ in Safety Bay - Shoalwater: 1.5% males, 2.2% females
- 80–84 in Calista: 1.2% males, 1.8% females; 80–84 in Safety Bay - Shoalwater: 1.7% males, 1.8% females
- 75–79 in Calista: 1.4% males, 1.5% females; 75–79 in Safety Bay - Shoalwater: 2.3% males, 2.7% females
- 70–74 in Calista: 1.5% males, 2.1% females; 70–74 in Safety Bay - Shoalwater: 3.1% males, 3.0% females
- 65–69 in Calista: 2.3% males, 2.3% females; 65–69 in Safety Bay - Shoalwater: 3.0% males, 3.5% females
- 60–64 in Calista: 2.8% males, 2.5% females; 60–64 in Safety Bay - Shoalwater: 3.7% males, 3.9% females
- 55–59 in Calista: 3.3% males, 3.2% females; 55–59 in Safety Bay - Shoalwater: 3.6% males, 3.6% females
- 50–54 in Calista: 3.5% males, 3.1% females; 50–54 in Safety Bay - Shoalwater: 3.2% males, 3.1% females
- 45–49 in Calista: 3.5% males, 3.3% females; 45–49 in Safety Bay - Shoalwater: 3.0% males, 3.0% females
- 40–44 in Calista: 3.2% males, 3.3% females; 40–44 in Safety Bay - Shoalwater: 2.8% males, 3.3% females
- 35–39 in Calista: 3.1% males, 3.6% females; 35–39 in Safety Bay - Shoalwater: 2.8% males, 3.0% females
- 30–34 in Calista: 3.2% males, 3.2% females; 30–34 in Safety Bay - Shoalwater: 2.6% males, 2.7% females
- 25–29 in Calista: 3.3% males, 3.5% females; 25–29 in Safety Bay - Shoalwater: 2.7% males, 2.5% females
- 20–24 in Calista: 3.1% males, 2.6% females; 20–24 in Safety Bay - Shoalwater: 2.3% males, 2.2% females
- 15–19 in Calista: 3.3% males, 2.6% females; 15–19 in Safety Bay - Shoalwater: 2.6% males, 2.2% females
- 10–14 in Calista: 3.3% males, 3.0% females; 10–14 in Safety Bay - Shoalwater: 3.4% males, 2.5% females
- 5–9 in Calista: 4.2% males, 3.4% females; 5–9 in Safety Bay - Shoalwater: 2.8% males, 2.9% females
- 0–4 in Calista: 3.0% males, 2.7% females; 0–4 in Safety Bay - Shoalwater: 2.7% males, 2.1% females
Ancestry & Birthplace
Country of birth
Ancestry
Language
Language used at home
Religion
Religious affiliation
Education & Qualifications
Highest year of school
Highest qualification level
Field of qualification
Income
- First area, 2011: $488
- First area, 2016: $514
- First area, 2021: $594
- Second area, 2011: $542
- Second area, 2016: $595
- Second area, 2021: $695
- First area, 2011: $961
- First area, 2016: $1,081
- First area, 2021: $1,213
- Second area, 2011: $1,088
- Second area, 2016: $1,206
- Second area, 2021: $1,355
- First area, 2011: $1,189
- First area, 2016: $1,296
- First area, 2021: $1,521
- Second area, 2011: $1,439
- Second area, 2016: $1,613
- Second area, 2021: $1,846
Household income distribution
Personal income distribution
Health & Disability
Long-term health conditions reported
Number of long-term health conditions
Community Participation
First Nations
Family & Households
- First area, 2011: 2.5
- First area, 2016: 2.5
- First area, 2021: 2.4
- Second area, 2011: 2.3
- Second area, 2016: 2.3
- Second area, 2021: 2.3
Family composition
Household size
Housing & Dwellings
- First area, 2011: $240
- First area, 2016: $300
- First area, 2021: $275
- Second area, 2011: $265
- Second area, 2016: $300
- Second area, 2021: $300
- First area, 2011: $1,600
- First area, 2016: $1,501
- First area, 2021: $1,300
- Second area, 2011: $1,712
- Second area, 2016: $1,800
- Second area, 2021: $1,674
- First area, 2011: 1.10
- First area, 2016: 0.80
- First area, 2021: 0.70
- Second area, 2011: 1.00
- Second area, 2016: 0.70
- Second area, 2021: 0.70
How homes are owned or rented
Types of homes
Bedrooms per home
Weekly rent distribution
Monthly mortgage distribution
Transport & Vehicles
How people get to work
Motor vehicles per home
Migration & Movement
Jobs & Industry
Industries people work in
Occupations people work in
Economy & Advantage
Environment & Climate
Walkability
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Calista vs Safety Bay - Shoalwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sa2/507031170/calista/vs/507051190/safety-bay-shoalwater