Culburra Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,677 people in Culburra Beach of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Culburra Beach was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 30.2% of the population.

Of people in Culburra Beach aged 15 years and over, 51.2% were married and 13.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Culburra Beach was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Culburra Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Culburra Beach was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Culburra Beach 24.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.9% were in primary school, 26.2% in secondary school and 17.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Culburra Beach were English 33.7%, Australian 32.4%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 7.1% and German 2.8%.

In Culburra Beach, 82.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, New Zealand 0.9%, Germany 0.7%, Malta 0.4% and Italy 0.4%.

In Culburra Beach, 72.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Culburra Beach were Anglican 31.9%, Catholic 26.2%, No Religion 17.2%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1% and Uniting Church 4.0%.

In Culburra Beach 92.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.6%, Tagalog 0.3%, Maltese 0.3%, Greek 0.2% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 997 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Culburra Beach. Of these 53.3% were employed full time, 32.8% were employed part-time and 7.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Culburra Beach, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Culburra Beach was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Culburra Beach included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.1%, Professionals 17.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.3%, Labourers 10.9%, Managers 9.1%, Sales Workers 8.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Culburra Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Residential Care Services 6.1%, Building Installation Services 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6% and Hospitals 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Culburra Beach was $409.

In Culburra Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.9%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Truck 3.2%, Walked only 2.4% and Other 0.8%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Culburra Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.0% provided care for children and 14.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% 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 Culburra Beach, 24.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Culburra Beach, 29.6% were couple families with children, 51.7% were couple families without children and 17.8% were one parent families.

In Culburra Beach 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Culburra Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,697 and those without children was $1,774.

Employment status of couple families

In Culburra Beach, of couple families with children, 13.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 15.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Culburra Beach, 54.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 45.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Culburra Beach, 90.9% were separate houses, 7.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Culburra Beach, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 23.8% had 2 bedrooms and 44.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Culburra Beach, 46.9% were owned outright, 22.7% were owned with a mortgage and 25.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Culburra Beach, of all households, 65.7% were family households, 31.7% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Culburra Beach, 38.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 Culburra Beach, 45.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Culburra Beach, there were 131 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 64 (or 48.9%) were male and 67 (or 51.1%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Culburra Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $971.

In Culburra Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,100.