Broadbeach Waters

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,534 people in Broadbeach Waters of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Broadbeach Waters was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.7% of the population.

Of people in Broadbeach Waters aged 15 years and over, 48.8% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Broadbeach Waters was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Broadbeach Waters, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Broadbeach Waters was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Broadbeach Waters 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.8% were in primary school, 15.8% in secondary school and 15.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Broadbeach Waters were English 29.8%, Australian 22.4%, Irish 8.1%, Scottish 7.3% and German 3.5%.

In Broadbeach Waters, 64.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 7.5%, England 5.0%, South Africa 1.0%, Germany 0.7% and United States of America 0.6%.

In Broadbeach Waters, 51.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Broadbeach Waters were Catholic 28.1%, Anglican 22.0%, No Religion 18.2%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Broadbeach Waters 81.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.8%, Japanese 0.7%, Greek 0.7%, Italian 0.6% and Cantonese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 3,648 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Broadbeach Waters. Of these 55.0% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Broadbeach Waters, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Broadbeach Waters was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Broadbeach Waters included Professionals 19.4%, Managers 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Sales Workers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Labourers 7.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Broadbeach Waters, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, Accommodation 3.6%, School Education 3.1%, Residential Building Construction 3.0% and Real Estate Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Broadbeach Waters was $604.

In Broadbeach Waters, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.2%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Walked only 2.5%, Bus 1.8% and Bicycle 1.1%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Broadbeach Waters, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.0% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.4% 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 Waters, 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Broadbeach Waters, 38.2% were couple families with children, 45.6% were couple families without children and 14.4% were one parent families.

In Broadbeach Waters 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Broadbeach Waters, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,516 and those without children was $2,094.

Employment status of couple families

In Broadbeach Waters, of couple families with children, 19.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 20.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Broadbeach Waters, 86.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Broadbeach Waters, 77.0% were separate houses, 12.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Broadbeach Waters, of occupied private dwellings 1.2% had 1 bedroom, 15.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Broadbeach Waters, 37.8% were owned outright, 35.6% were owned with a mortgage and 22.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Broadbeach Waters, of all households, 71.2% were family households, 21.8% were single person households and 7.0% were group households.

In Broadbeach Waters, 22.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.1% 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 Waters, 32.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Broadbeach Waters, there were 41 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 56.1%) were male and 18 (or 43.9%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Waters, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,062.

In Broadbeach Waters, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $500 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.