Great Mackerel Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 301 people in Great Mackerel Beach of these 53.2% were male and 46.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Great Mackerel Beach was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.3% of the population.

Of people in Great Mackerel Beach aged 15 years and over, 49.6% were married and 20.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Great Mackerel Beach was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Great Mackerel Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Great Mackerel Beach was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Great Mackerel Beach 27.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.7% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 24.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Great Mackerel Beach were English 29.6%, Australian 28.6%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 6.3% and German 4.3%.

In Great Mackerel Beach, 63.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.0%, New Zealand 4.3%, Germany 2.7%, France 1.3% and Singapore 1.3%.

In Great Mackerel Beach, 51.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Great Mackerel Beach were No Religion 48.2%, Anglican 15.7%, Catholic 10.4%, Buddhism 3.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%.

In Great Mackerel Beach 86.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 3.7%, Dutch 1.0%, Spanish 1.0% and Italian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 142 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Great Mackerel Beach. Of these 53.5% were employed full time, 35.9% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Great Mackerel Beach, 15.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Great Mackerel Beach was 56 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Great Mackerel Beach included Professionals 38.4%, Managers 20.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%, Labourers 4.3%, Sales Workers 3.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Great Mackerel Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 7.1%, Real Estate Services 4.3%, School Education 4.3%, Tertiary Education 4.3% and Other Transport Equipment Manufacturing 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Great Mackerel Beach was $719.

In Great Mackerel Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 26.3%, Other 12.4%, Car as driver, other 7.3%, Bus 5.1% and Walked only 4.4%. On the day, 17.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 29.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Great Mackerel Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 86.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.7% provided care for children and 14.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 37.8% 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 Great Mackerel Beach, 32.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 22.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Great Mackerel Beach, 30.1% were couple families with children, 62.7% were couple families without children and 7.2% were one parent families.

In Great Mackerel Beach 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Great Mackerel Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,062 and those without children was $3,187.

Employment status of couple families

In Great Mackerel Beach, of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.6% had both employed part-time and 22.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Great Mackerel Beach, 36.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 63.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Great Mackerel Beach, 91.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 8.3% were other dwellings.

In Great Mackerel Beach, of occupied private dwellings 6.6% had 1 bedroom, 33.6% had 2 bedrooms and 35.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Great Mackerel Beach, 48.3% were owned outright, 31.7% were owned with a mortgage and 20.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Great Mackerel Beach, of all households, 66.4% were family households, 29.4% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Great Mackerel Beach, 18.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.7% 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 Great Mackerel Beach, 41.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 2.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Great Mackerel 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 0 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 Great Mackerel 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 Great Mackerel 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.