Palm Beach

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 13,776 people were counted in Palm Beach: of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 1.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Palm Beach there were 2,133 children aged 0-14 years and 4,855 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Palm Beach, 12,444 people were Australian citizens, 2,304 were born overseas and 167 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Palm Beach, 47.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 15.1% were separated or divorced, 8.6% were widowed and 29.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Palm Beach, 78.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Palm Beach were England 5.2%, New Zealand 4.3%, Scotland 0.7%, Netherlands 0.6% and Germany 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Palm Beach on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 27.1%, Catholic 24.1%, No Religion 14.8%, Uniting Church 7.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 5.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Palm Beach, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.6%, German 0.3%, Netherlandic 0.3%, Greek 0.2% and Japanese 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 5,927 people aged 15 years and over in Palm Beach were in the labour force. Of these 50.4% worked full-time, 33.0% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 13.9% were unemployed. 5,292 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Palm Beach, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.1%, Professionals 6.3%, Associate Professionals 5.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.0%, Managers and Administrators 2.6% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Palm Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.5%, Business Services 3.5%, Education 3.1% and Construction Trade Services 3.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Palm Beach, 3,385 families were counted: of these, 45.4% were couple families without children, 31.7% were couple families with children, 20.5% were one parent families and 2.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Palm Beach, 6,362 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Palm Beach, 46.5% were separate houses, 10.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 36.2% were flats, units or apartments and 6.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Palm Beach, 39.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 15.2% were being purchased and 38.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Palm Beach, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 49.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 8.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 40.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Palm Beach, 52.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 31.3% were single (or lone) person households and 5.4% were group households.