Pleasure Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 297 people in Pleasure Point of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Pleasure Point was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.7% of the population.

Of people in Pleasure Point aged 15 years and over, 63.5% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pleasure Point was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Pleasure Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pleasure Point was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 62 years.

In Pleasure Point 31.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.5% were in primary school, 34.1% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pleasure Point were English 28.1%, Australian 22.5%, Italian 11.8%, Irish 10.4% and Scottish 4.8%.

In Pleasure Point, 86.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Fiji 2.0%, England 1.3%, Greece 1.3%, Ireland 1.3% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.0%.

In Pleasure Point, 63.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pleasure Point were Catholic 46.6%, Anglican 22.5%, No Religion 11.1%, Eastern Orthodox 6.7% and Hinduism 3.4%.

In Pleasure Point 86.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 3.4%, Hindi 2.3%, Spanish 1.3%, Italian 1.3% and Polish 1.3%.

Employment

There were 174 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pleasure Point. Of these 68.4% were employed full time, 25.3% were employed part-time and 1.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pleasure Point, 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pleasure Point was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Pleasure Point included Managers 20.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.1%, Professionals 16.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, Sales Workers 8.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1% and Labourers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Pleasure Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.6%, Residential Building Construction 4.7%, Building Completion Services 3.5%, Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 3.5% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pleasure Point was $854.

In Pleasure Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.9%, Train 6.4%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Truck 2.3% and Train, car as driver 2.3%. On the day, 8.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pleasure Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.0% provided care for children and 14.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.1% 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 Pleasure Point, 30.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pleasure Point, 65.8% were couple families with children, 26.6% were couple families without children and 7.6% were one parent families.

In Pleasure Point 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pleasure Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,666 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Pleasure Point, of couple families with children, 36.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 28.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pleasure Point, 93.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pleasure Point, 96.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Pleasure Point, of occupied private dwellings 8.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 19.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pleasure Point, 37.5% were owned outright, 48.9% were owned with a mortgage and 13.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Pleasure Point, of all households, 89.7% were family households, 6.9% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Pleasure Point, 0.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.2% 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 Pleasure Point, 10.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pleasure Point, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Pleasure Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Pleasure Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $400 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.