Smiths Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 226 people in Smiths Beach of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Smiths Beach was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.7% of the population.

Of people in Smiths Beach aged 15 years and over, 49.2% were married and 14.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Smiths Beach was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Smiths Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Smiths Beach was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Smiths Beach 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.1% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 20.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Smiths Beach were English 30.7%, Australian 22.8%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 7.0% and German 6.0%.

In Smiths Beach, 78.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, Sri Lanka 1.7%, Austria 1.3%, France 1.3% and Germany 1.3%.

In Smiths Beach, 57.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Smiths Beach were No Religion 28.2%, Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 12.8%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Eastern Orthodox 3.1%.

In Smiths Beach 89.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.3%, Ukrainian 1.3% and Polish 1.3%.

Employment

There were 117 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Smiths Beach. Of these 47.9% were employed full time, 43.6% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Smiths Beach, 18.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 18.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Smiths Beach was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Smiths Beach included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.9%, Professionals 16.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.5%, Labourers 11.0%, Managers 10.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.3%, Sales Workers 8.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Smiths Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 9.9%, Residential Building Construction 9.0%, Accommodation 5.4%, School Education 5.4% and Nursery and Floriculture Production 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Smiths Beach was $489.

In Smiths Beach, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 70.6%, Walked only 7.3%, Car, as passenger 2.8% and Truck 2.8%. 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 71.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Smiths Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.4% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 Smiths Beach, 30.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Smiths Beach, 35.0% were couple families with children, 45.0% were couple families without children and 20.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Smiths Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Smiths Beach, of couple families with children, 6.1% had both partners employed full-time, 8.2% had both employed part-time and 34.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Smiths Beach, 15.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 84.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Smiths Beach, 100.0% 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 Smiths Beach, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.0% had 2 bedrooms and 54.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Smiths Beach, 43.5% were owned outright, 28.2% were owned with a mortgage and 21.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Smiths Beach, of all households, 72.6% were family households, 27.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Smiths Beach, 34.7% 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 Smiths Beach, 36.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Smiths 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 Smiths 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 Smiths 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.