St Andrews Beach (L)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 664 people were counted in St Andrews Beach (L): of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Of the total population 1.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in St Andrews Beach (L) there were 175 children aged 0-14 years and 104 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in St Andrews Beach (L), 609 people were Australian citizens, 84 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in St Andrews Beach (L), 51.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.2% were separated or divorced, 1.8% were widowed and 28.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in St Andrews Beach (L), 80.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within St Andrews Beach (L) were England 4.2%, Italy 1.2%, Greece 0.9%, New Zealand 0.8% and Ireland 0.8%.

Of all people counted in St Andrews Beach (L) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 25.3%, Catholic 21.2%, Anglican 17.6%, Baptist 4.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in St Andrews Beach (L), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.5%, German 1.1%, Greek 1.1%, Danish 0.5% and Swedish 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 331 people aged 15 years and over in St Andrews Beach (L) were in the labour force. Of these 52.6% worked full-time, 39.0% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.4% were unemployed. 137 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in St Andrews Beach (L), the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 15.6%, Professionals 8.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.9%, Associate Professionals 6.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.7%, Managers and Administrators 3.4%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.8% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in St Andrews Beach (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Construction Trade Services 7.9%, Health Services 4.7%, General Construction 4.0%, Business Services 4.0% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in St Andrews Beach (L), 175 families were counted: of these, 40.0% were couple families without children, 46.3% were couple families with children, 13.7% were one parent families and 0.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in St Andrews Beach (L), 274 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in St Andrews Beach (L), 98.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in St Andrews Beach (L), 24.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 53.6% were being purchased and 10.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in St Andrews Beach (L), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 39.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 10.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 64.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in St Andrews Beach (L), 65.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.7% were single (or lone) person households and 3.3% were group households.