Burleigh Waters

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 13,868 people in Burleigh Waters of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Burleigh Waters was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.4% of the population.

Of people in Burleigh Waters aged 15 years and over, 49.7% were married and 12.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Burleigh Waters was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Burleigh Waters, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Burleigh Waters was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Burleigh Waters 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.7% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Burleigh Waters were English 31.5%, Australian 26.6%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 7.6% and German 3.6%.

In Burleigh Waters, 71.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 7.4%, England 5.5%, Scotland 0.9%, Germany 0.6% and South Africa 0.6%.

In Burleigh Waters, 57.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Burleigh Waters were Catholic 29.6%, Anglican 22.5%, No Religion 20.5%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In Burleigh Waters 88.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 0.6%, Spanish 0.6%, Italian 0.5%, Cantonese 0.5% and German 0.5%.

Employment

There were 6,691 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Burleigh Waters. Of these 54.9% were employed full time, 33.6% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Burleigh Waters, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.2% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Burleigh Waters included Professionals 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Sales Workers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Managers 10.6%, Labourers 9.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Burleigh Waters, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.3%, School Education 5.3%, Hospitals 3.4%, Residential Building Construction 2.8% and Building Installation Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Burleigh Waters was $534.

In Burleigh Waters, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.2%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Walked only 1.9%, Bus 1.6% and Bicycle 1.6%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Burleigh Waters, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.7% 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 Waters, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Burleigh Waters, 40.5% were couple families with children, 42.2% were couple families without children and 16.2% were one parent families.

In Burleigh Waters 13.9% of single parents were male and 86.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Burleigh Waters, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,158 and those without children was $1,884.

Employment status of couple families

In Burleigh Waters, of couple families with children, 17.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 21.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Burleigh Waters, 93.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burleigh Waters, 70.5% were separate houses, 21.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Burleigh Waters, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 20.7% had 2 bedrooms and 47.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burleigh Waters, 37.4% were owned outright, 35.5% were owned with a mortgage and 23.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Burleigh Waters, of all households, 72.7% were family households, 22.3% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Burleigh Waters, 25.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.5% 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 Waters, 39.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Burleigh Waters, there were 116 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 68 (or 58.6%) were male and 48 (or 41.4%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Waters, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,337.

In Burleigh Waters, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $400 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,450.