Economically the Byron Bay community has changed overtime. From having a whaling business that brought in a lot of money as well as tourists. After the Whaling shut down a meat works was established and the economics dropped. Since the 2000's tourism has become a large and important industry in Byron Bay and has socially helped the community with more job opportunities
Byron Bay - A Changing Community
Byron Bay is constantly changing and developing. These changes are due to many things.
Population:
The population of Byron bay has decreased by 960 people. This could be due to the price of housing in Byron Bay (the median cost of a house being $1,015,000 and $559,000 for a unit). The decrease could also be because of people staying in Byron Bay all their life and keeping the house in their family therefore not selling.
Indigenous Population:
The reason behind the numbers not increasing or decreasing could be due to indigenous women having children earlier in life (compared to all women in Australia) between the ages of 15 and 29. Birth and death rates are also similar.
Gender Structure:
The population of males has dropped by 516 people, and the female population dropping by 444 women. Although there are differences the numbers are fairly consistent.
Age Structure:
In the 1954 gender and age structure, it is seen that between the ages of 0-10 year there is a big difference from the other ages. This could be due to the Korean War (where Australian forces were sent over to help with) that finished in 1953. The drop in the 1954 structure between the ages of 15-24 years could also partly be due to the Korean War.
When looking at the 2011 structure, there isn’t as many younger children and babies but more between the ages of 25 -65 years, which includes the influx of people from 1954
Settlement Pattern:
Although both years are nucleated cluster, Byron Bay is continually changing, and more land is being cleared in order for more housing to be constructed.
Household Income:
The weekly household incomes have increased by $154. This could be because of the need to have more money because of the cost of housing and other basic needs.
Education:
These changes could be due to people choosing Universities over TAFE as they want a higher degree or what they are studying needs a higher degree. People who are no longer attending could be because they are having a year off school or have other commitments.
Employment Rate:
More people are working full time with an increase of 2.9%. More people are also working part time with an increase of 13.2%. These increases could be due to people needing more money because of the increased cost of housing. The increase could also be due to people needing more money for petrol, as they have to drive out of Byron Bay for their job.
Tourism:
More people have been coming to Byron Bay as it has become more popular (increased by 285,760). Because of more people coming there are more people spending money within the businesses of Byron Bay (an increase from $306 million to $1.37 billion). The number of visitors hasn't increased a whole lot, but the economic value has by increasing by $1,064,000,000. This means that people coming to Byron Bay are spending more money on businesses.
Population:
The population of Byron bay has decreased by 960 people. This could be due to the price of housing in Byron Bay (the median cost of a house being $1,015,000 and $559,000 for a unit). The decrease could also be because of people staying in Byron Bay all their life and keeping the house in their family therefore not selling.
Indigenous Population:
The reason behind the numbers not increasing or decreasing could be due to indigenous women having children earlier in life (compared to all women in Australia) between the ages of 15 and 29. Birth and death rates are also similar.
Gender Structure:
The population of males has dropped by 516 people, and the female population dropping by 444 women. Although there are differences the numbers are fairly consistent.
Age Structure:
In the 1954 gender and age structure, it is seen that between the ages of 0-10 year there is a big difference from the other ages. This could be due to the Korean War (where Australian forces were sent over to help with) that finished in 1953. The drop in the 1954 structure between the ages of 15-24 years could also partly be due to the Korean War.
When looking at the 2011 structure, there isn’t as many younger children and babies but more between the ages of 25 -65 years, which includes the influx of people from 1954
Settlement Pattern:
Although both years are nucleated cluster, Byron Bay is continually changing, and more land is being cleared in order for more housing to be constructed.
Household Income:
The weekly household incomes have increased by $154. This could be because of the need to have more money because of the cost of housing and other basic needs.
Education:
These changes could be due to people choosing Universities over TAFE as they want a higher degree or what they are studying needs a higher degree. People who are no longer attending could be because they are having a year off school or have other commitments.
Employment Rate:
More people are working full time with an increase of 2.9%. More people are also working part time with an increase of 13.2%. These increases could be due to people needing more money because of the increased cost of housing. The increase could also be due to people needing more money for petrol, as they have to drive out of Byron Bay for their job.
Tourism:
More people have been coming to Byron Bay as it has become more popular (increased by 285,760). Because of more people coming there are more people spending money within the businesses of Byron Bay (an increase from $306 million to $1.37 billion). The number of visitors hasn't increased a whole lot, but the economic value has by increasing by $1,064,000,000. This means that people coming to Byron Bay are spending more money on businesses.