St Andrews Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 853 people in St Andrews Beach of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in St Andrews Beach was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.3% of the population.

Of people in St Andrews Beach aged 15 years and over, 51.4% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in St Andrews Beach was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In St Andrews Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in St Andrews Beach was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In St Andrews Beach 30.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.8% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 13.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in St Andrews Beach were Australian 29.4%, English 28.3%, Irish 10.7%, Scottish 9.3% and German 2.4%.

In St Andrews Beach, 80.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, New Zealand 1.8%, Netherlands 1.2%, Germany 0.8% and Philippines 0.8%.

In St Andrews Beach, 65.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in St Andrews Beach were No Religion 39.6%, Catholic 21.1%, Anglican 14.4%, Baptist 2.8% and Uniting Church 2.7%.

In St Andrews Beach 90.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.4%, Italian 0.8%, German 0.7%, French 0.4% and Portuguese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 455 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in St Andrews Beach. Of these 52.1% were employed full time, 36.0% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in St Andrews Beach, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.5% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in St Andrews Beach included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.9%, Professionals 21.7%, Managers 13.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.0%, Labourers 7.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in St Andrews Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 6.3%, Building Installation Services 5.0%, School Education 4.7%, Building Completion Services 4.3% and Accommodation 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in St Andrews Beach was $616.

In St Andrews Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.0%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Walked only 2.7%, Train 0.9% and Other 0.9%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In St Andrews Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.8% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.0% 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 St Andrews Beach, 29.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in St Andrews Beach, 51.3% were couple families with children, 34.9% were couple families without children and 13.8% were one parent families.

In St Andrews Beach 13.3% of single parents were male and 86.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In St Andrews Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,920 and those without children was $1,845.

Employment status of couple families

In St Andrews Beach, of couple families with children, 14.5% had both partners employed full-time, 8.0% had both employed part-time and 28.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In St Andrews Beach, 49.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 50.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Andrews 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 St Andrews Beach, of occupied private dwellings 1.0% had 1 bedroom, 10.0% had 2 bedrooms and 58.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Andrews Beach, 28.7% were owned outright, 54.3% were owned with a mortgage and 16.0% were rented.

Household composition

In St Andrews Beach, of all households, 75.7% were family households, 20.6% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In St Andrews Beach, 17.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.6% 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 St Andrews Beach, 30.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In St Andrews Beach, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 56 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 St Andrews Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In St Andrews 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.