Burleigh Heads

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,027 people in Burleigh Heads of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Burleigh Heads was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.9% of the population.

Of people in Burleigh Heads aged 15 years and over, 38.1% were married and 16.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Burleigh Heads was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Burleigh Heads, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Burleigh Heads was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Burleigh Heads 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.0% were in primary school, 13.6% in secondary school and 22.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Burleigh Heads were English 30.0%, Australian 23.9%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 8.3% and German 3.8%.

In Burleigh Heads, 68.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 7.1%, England 4.6%, Brazil 1.0%, Scotland 0.7% and South Africa 0.6%.

In Burleigh Heads, 58.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Burleigh Heads were Catholic 25.0%, No Religion 22.2%, Anglican 18.9%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Burleigh Heads 84.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Portuguese 1.0%, Italian 0.5%, Japanese 0.4%, German 0.4% and Spanish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 4,157 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Burleigh Heads. Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 31.4% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Burleigh Heads, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Burleigh Heads was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Burleigh Heads included Professionals 23.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Managers 12.7%, Sales Workers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Labourers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Burleigh Heads, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Accommodation 3.7%, Hospitals 3.1% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Burleigh Heads was $601.

In Burleigh Heads, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.3%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Walked only 4.2%, Bus 2.8% and Bicycle 1.7%. On the day, 4.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Burleigh Heads, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.5% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.5% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Burleigh Heads, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Burleigh Heads, 28.5% were couple families with children, 49.8% were couple families without children and 19.2% were one parent families.

In Burleigh Heads 21.5% of single parents were male and 78.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Burleigh Heads, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,213 and those without children was $1,990.

Employment status of couple families

In Burleigh Heads, of couple families with children, 20.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Burleigh Heads, 82.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burleigh Heads, 34.2% were separate houses, 14.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 50.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Burleigh Heads, of occupied private dwellings 6.1% had 1 bedroom, 45.3% had 2 bedrooms and 31.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burleigh Heads, 32.7% were owned outright, 24.9% were owned with a mortgage and 38.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Burleigh Heads, of all households, 59.2% were family households, 33.0% were single person households and 7.8% were group households.

In Burleigh Heads, 26.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.4% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Burleigh Heads, 44.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Burleigh Heads, there were 84 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 48 (or 57.1%) were male and 36 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 23 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Burleigh Heads, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,208.

In Burleigh Heads, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $333 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.