Broadbeach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,614 people in Broadbeach of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Broadbeach was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 6.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.2% of the population.

Of people in Broadbeach aged 15 years and over, 33.4% were married and 15.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Broadbeach was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Broadbeach, of people aged 15 years and over, 32.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Broadbeach was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Broadbeach 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 9.0% were in primary school, 5.6% in secondary school and 29.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Broadbeach were English 27.7%, Australian 17.9%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 6.3% and German 3.5%.

In Broadbeach, 52.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 9.6%, England 4.5%, India 2.4%, Japan 1.2% and Italy 1.2%.

In Broadbeach, 44.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 43.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Broadbeach were Catholic 23.6%, No Religion 20.7%, Anglican 16.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4% and Uniting Church 3.4%.

In Broadbeach 71.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 1.5%, Italian 1.3%, Punjabi 1.3%, Spanish 1.1% and Hindi 0.7%.

Employment

There were 2,555 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Broadbeach. Of these 59.6% were employed full time, 28.4% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Broadbeach, 7.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Broadbeach was 33 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in Broadbeach included Professionals 18.6%, Managers 14.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Sales Workers 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Labourers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Broadbeach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 7.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.3%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 3.5%, Hospitals 3.3% and School Education 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Broadbeach was $661.

In Broadbeach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.0%, Walked only 12.4%, Bus 5.1%, Car, as passenger 4.4% and Bicycle 1.3%. On the day, 8.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Broadbeach, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 13.1% provided care for children and 6.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.1% 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 Broadbeach, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Broadbeach, 16.6% were couple families with children, 65.4% were couple families without children and 14.7% were one parent families.

In Broadbeach 16.1% of single parents were male and 83.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Broadbeach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,223 and those without children was $1,740.

Employment status of couple families

In Broadbeach, of couple families with children, 23.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 14.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Broadbeach, 62.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 37.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Broadbeach, 0.9% were separate houses, 2.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 96.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Broadbeach, of occupied private dwellings 19.3% had 1 bedroom, 64.0% had 2 bedrooms and 12.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.9. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Broadbeach, 24.1% were owned outright, 16.1% were owned with a mortgage and 56.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Broadbeach, of all households, 48.3% were family households, 38.9% were single person households and 12.8% were group households.

In Broadbeach, 26.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 Broadbeach, 51.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Broadbeach, there were 43 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 26 (or 60.5%) were male and 17 (or 39.5%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Broadbeach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,025.

In Broadbeach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $355 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.