Umina Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 16,059 people in Umina Beach of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Umina Beach was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.9% of the population.

Of people in Umina Beach aged 15 years and over, 44.7% were married and 14.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Umina Beach was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Umina Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Umina Beach was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Umina Beach 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.9% were in primary school, 21.0% in secondary school and 15.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Umina Beach were Australian 32.4%, English 31.4%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 6.9% and German 2.0%.

In Umina Beach, 80.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 2.0%, Scotland 0.6%, Germany 0.4% and Philippines 0.4%.

In Umina Beach, 68.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Umina Beach were Anglican 29.2%, Catholic 27.1%, No Religion 19.6%, Uniting Church 3.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Umina Beach 90.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Spanish 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, Cantonese 0.3% and French 0.2%.

Employment

There were 6,937 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Umina Beach. Of these 54.8% were employed full time, 31.1% were employed part-time and 7.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Umina Beach, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Umina Beach was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Umina Beach included Professionals 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Labourers 11.0%, Sales Workers 11.0%, Managers 9.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Umina Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%, Residential Care Services 4.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, Hospitals 3.5% and School Education 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Umina Beach was $474.

In Umina Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.2%, Train 6.8%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Train, car as driver 3.6% and Train, bus 3.4%. On the day, 18.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Umina Beach, 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, 28.5% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.8% 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 Umina Beach, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Umina Beach, 38.0% were couple families with children, 38.3% were couple families without children and 22.0% were one parent families.

In Umina Beach 14.7% of single parents were male and 85.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Umina Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,098 and those without children was $1,986.

Employment status of couple families

In Umina Beach, of couple families with children, 16.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Umina Beach, 88.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Umina Beach, 79.8% were separate houses, 12.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Umina Beach, of occupied private dwellings 4.4% had 1 bedroom, 21.6% had 2 bedrooms and 46.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Umina Beach, 35.9% were owned outright, 30.5% were owned with a mortgage and 29.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Umina Beach, of all households, 68.3% were family households, 28.9% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Umina Beach, 31.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.6% 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 Umina Beach, 43.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Umina Beach, there were 529 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 252 (or 47.6%) were male and 277 (or 52.4%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Umina Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $985.

In Umina Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $290 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.