Bramston Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 154 people in Bramston Beach of these 46.1% were male and 53.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Bramston Beach was 56 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 34.2% of the population.

Of people in Bramston Beach aged 15 years and over, 60.8% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bramston Beach was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 39 years.

In Bramston Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bramston Beach was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Bramston Beach 17.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.0% were in primary school, 12.0% in secondary school and 12.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bramston Beach were English 31.9%, Australian 25.2%, Irish 8.1%, Scottish 7.6% and Italian 5.7%.

In Bramston Beach, 73.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.5%, Thailand 3.2%, Germany 1.9%, Indonesia 1.9% and Philippines 1.9%.

In Bramston Beach, 59.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bramston Beach were Catholic 31.4%, Anglican 24.2%, No Religion 17.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 9.2% and Buddhism 5.2%.

In Bramston Beach 88.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Thai 2.6%.

Employment

There were 57 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bramston Beach. Of these 42.1% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 15.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bramston Beach, 9.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 20.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bramston Beach was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Bramston Beach included Labourers 22.7%, Managers 20.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.6%, Professionals 11.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.8%, Sales Workers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Bramston Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 9.1%, Postal and Courier Pick-up and Delivery Services 9.1%, Nursery and Floriculture Production 6.8%, Other Crop Growing 6.8% and Fishing 6.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bramston Beach was $359.

In Bramston Beach, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 60.5%, Car, as passenger 9.3% and Car as driver, motorbike/scooter 9.3%. 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 70.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bramston Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 14.1% provided care for children and 16.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.9% 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 Bramston Beach, 21.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 24.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bramston Beach, 24.5% were couple families with children, 69.4% were couple families without children and 6.1% were one parent families.

In Bramston Beach 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bramston Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $2,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Bramston Beach, of couple families with children, 9.1% had both partners employed full-time, 9.1% had both employed part-time and 0.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bramston Beach, 71.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 28.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bramston 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 Bramston Beach, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 36.2% had 2 bedrooms and 49.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bramston Beach, 59.2% were owned outright, 15.5% were owned with a mortgage and 25.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Bramston Beach, of all households, 72.1% were family households, 27.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Bramston Beach, 56.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.7% 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 Bramston Beach, 48.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bramston 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 Bramston Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Bramston 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.