Paradise Point-Runaway Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 17,525 people in Paradise Point-Runaway Bay of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Paradise Point-Runaway Bay was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.8% of the population.

Of people in Paradise Point-Runaway Bay aged 15 years and over, 54.2% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Paradise Point-Runaway Bay was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Paradise Point-Runaway Bay was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Paradise Point-Runaway Bay 23.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.9% were in primary school, 17.5% in secondary school and 17.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Paradise Point-Runaway Bay were English 33.5%, Australian 23.0%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 7.9% and German 3.8%.

In Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, 65.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.5%, England 6.8%, South Africa 1.2%, Scotland 0.7% and Germany 0.7%.

In Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, 53.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Paradise Point-Runaway Bay were Anglican 26.0%, Catholic 24.9%, No Religion 17.5%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5%.

In Paradise Point-Runaway Bay 86.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 0.8%, Italian 0.7%, German 0.5%, Mandarin 0.4% and French 0.4%.

Employment

There were 8,312 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Paradise Point-Runaway Bay. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 31.3% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Paradise Point-Runaway Bay was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Paradise Point-Runaway Bay included Professionals 17.9%, Managers 17.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.6%, Sales Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Labourers 7.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, School Education 3.5%, Residential Building Construction 3.1%, Real Estate Services 2.6% and Hospitals 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Paradise Point-Runaway Bay was $588.

In Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Walked only 1.8%, Bus 1.1% and Truck 0.8%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.7% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.0% 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 Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, 33.0% were couple families with children, 53.0% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Paradise Point-Runaway Bay 20.7% of single parents were male and 79.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,353 and those without children was $2,021.

Employment status of couple families

In Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, of couple families with children, 18.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 17.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, 84.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, 54.7% were separate houses, 20.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 23.2% had 2 bedrooms and 40.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, 38.2% were owned outright, 27.5% were owned with a mortgage and 29.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, of all households, 70.9% were family households, 25.5% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, 24.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.8% 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 Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, 36.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, there were 129 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 58 (or 45.0%) were male and 71 (or 55.0%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $933.

In Paradise Point-Runaway Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $383 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,400.