Airlie Beach

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,017 people were counted in Airlie Beach: of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Airlie Beach there were 428 children aged 0-14 years and 736 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Airlie Beach, 2,405 people were Australian citizens, 616 were born overseas and 1,169 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Airlie Beach, 50.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.0% were separated or divorced, 3.0% were widowed and 32.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Airlie Beach, 67.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Airlie Beach were England 7.8%, New Zealand 3.0%, Germany 1.3%, Scotland 1.0% and Ireland 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Airlie Beach on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 22.8%, Catholic 20.6%, No Religion 19.0%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Airlie Beach, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 1.0%, Italian 0.6%, Netherlandic 0.5%, French 0.5% and Greek 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 83.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,570 people aged 15 years and over in Airlie Beach were in the labour force. Of these 55.3% worked full-time, 33.4% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.0% were unemployed. 762 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Airlie Beach, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 9.8%, Associate Professionals 9.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.2%, Managers and Administrators 5.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Airlie Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 10.7%, Business Services 4.2%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.7%, Water Transport 3.3% and Construction Trade Services 2.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Airlie Beach, 470 families were counted: of these, 50.2% were couple families without children, 34.7% were couple families with children, 12.3% were one parent families and 2.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Airlie Beach, 1,385 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Airlie Beach, 33.6% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 35.1% were flats, units or apartments and 28.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Airlie Beach, 25.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 13.4% were being purchased and 37.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Airlie Beach, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 46.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 48.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Airlie Beach, 33.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 12.0% were single (or lone) person households and 6.8% were group households.