Burleigh Heads

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,188 people in Burleigh Heads of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Burleigh Heads was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.5% of the population.

Of people in Burleigh Heads aged 15 years and over, 39.9% were married and 15.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Burleigh Heads was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Burleigh Heads, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Burleigh Heads was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Burleigh Heads 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.2% were in primary school, 14.7% in secondary school and 21.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Burleigh Heads were English 29.9%, Australian 24.5%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 8.3% and German 3.8%.

In Burleigh Heads, 69.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 6.8%, England 4.6%, Brazil 0.9%, Scotland 0.8% and South Africa 0.6%.

In Burleigh Heads, 59.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Burleigh Heads were Catholic 25.2%, No Religion 21.8%, Anglican 19.2%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Burleigh Heads 85.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Portuguese 0.8%, Italian 0.5%, Japanese 0.4%, German 0.4% and French 0.3%.

Employment

There were 4,767 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Burleigh Heads. Of these 56.2% were employed full time, 31.3% were employed part-time and 7.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Burleigh Heads, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Burleigh Heads was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Burleigh Heads included Professionals 22.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Sales Workers 12.7%, Managers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Labourers 8.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Burleigh Heads, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, Accommodation 3.6%, Hospitals 3.1% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Burleigh Heads was $602.

In Burleigh Heads, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.5%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Walked only 3.8%, Bus 2.4% and Bicycle 1.7%. On the day, 4.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Burleigh Heads, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.1% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.3% 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 Burleigh Heads, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Burleigh Heads, 31.3% were couple families with children, 48.1% were couple families without children and 18.5% were one parent families.

In Burleigh Heads 20.6% of single parents were male and 79.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Burleigh Heads, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,229 and those without children was $1,975.

Employment status of couple families

In Burleigh Heads, of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Burleigh Heads, 83.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burleigh Heads, 39.8% were separate houses, 13.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 45.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

In Burleigh Heads, of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 41.1% had 2 bedrooms and 30.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burleigh Heads, 31.6% were owned outright, 27.8% were owned with a mortgage and 36.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Burleigh Heads, of all households, 61.6% were family households, 30.8% were single person households and 7.6% were group households.

In Burleigh Heads, 25.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.8% 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 Burleigh Heads, 42.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Burleigh Heads, there were 111 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 57 (or 51.4%) were male and 54 (or 48.6%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Burleigh Heads, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,421.

In Burleigh Heads, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $333 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.