Pinks Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 187 people in Pinks Beach of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Pinks Beach was 62 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 7.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 40.1% of the population.

Of people in Pinks Beach aged 15 years and over, 63.3% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pinks Beach was 65 years and the median age of people never married was 39 years.

In Pinks Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pinks Beach was 67 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Pinks Beach 21.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.5% were in primary school, 10.3% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pinks Beach were Australian 37.3%, English 28.2%, German 9.5%, Scottish 7.7% and Irish 2.7%.

In Pinks Beach, 84.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was New Zealand 2.7%.

In Pinks Beach, 84.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pinks Beach were Uniting Church 22.3%, No Religion 19.7%, Anglican 13.8%, Catholic 13.8% and Lutheran 5.3%.

In Pinks Beach 88.7% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 53 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pinks Beach. Of these 39.6% were employed full time, 35.8% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pinks Beach, 18.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 29.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pinks Beach was 54 years and for people who were employed part-time was 58 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Pinks Beach were Labourers 27.7%, Managers 25.5%, Professionals 12.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.4% and Sales Workers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Pinks Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 31.9%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 8.5%, Other Mining Support Services 8.5%, Residential Building Construction 8.5% and Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 8.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pinks Beach was $391.

In Pinks Beach, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 57.1%, Car, as passenger 6.1% and Walked only 6.1%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pinks Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 13.3% provided care for children and 8.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.5% 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 Pinks Beach, 20.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pinks Beach, 19.6% were couple families with children, 80.4% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Pinks Beach 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pinks Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Pinks Beach, of couple families with children, 6.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 6.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pinks Beach, 27.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 72.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pinks Beach, 79.5% were separate houses, 20.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Pinks Beach, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 22.6% had 2 bedrooms and 58.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 1.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pinks Beach, 67.9% were owned outright, 11.9% were owned with a mortgage and 20.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Pinks Beach, of all households, 57.1% were family households, 42.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Pinks Beach, 54.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Pinks Beach, 34.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pinks Beach, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 53 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 Pinks Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Pinks Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.