Castaways Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 606 people in Castaways Beach of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Castaways Beach was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

Of people in Castaways Beach aged 15 years and over, 63.2% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Castaways Beach was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Castaways Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Castaways Beach was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 54 years.

In Castaways Beach 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.6% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 13.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Castaways Beach were English 32.9%, Australian 27.3%, Scottish 8.8%, Irish 8.5% and German 4.8%.

In Castaways Beach, 73.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.0%, New Zealand 4.4%, South Africa 1.2%, Scotland 1.0% and Canada 0.5%.

In Castaways Beach, 58.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Castaways Beach were No Religion 29.8%, Anglican 22.4%, Catholic 22.2%, Christian, nfd 3.5% and Uniting Church 3.5%.

In Castaways Beach 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.8%, Dutch 0.8%, Greek 0.8%, Afrikaans 0.7% and Danish 0.7%.

Employment

There were 306 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Castaways Beach. Of these 48.4% were employed full time, 40.2% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Castaways Beach, 16.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Castaways Beach was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Castaways Beach included Professionals 28.8%, Managers 17.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Sales Workers 12.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Labourers 5.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.0%.

Of the employed people in Castaways Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.7%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.9%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 4.2% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Castaways Beach was $578.

In Castaways Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.1%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Truck 1.0%, Bicycle 1.0% and Walked only 1.0%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Castaways Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.3% provided care for children and 8.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.7% 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 Castaways Beach, 30.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Castaways Beach, 41.2% were couple families with children, 49.2% were couple families without children and 8.0% were one parent families.

In Castaways Beach 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Castaways Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,285 and those without children was $1,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Castaways Beach, of couple families with children, 16.2% had both partners employed full-time, 6.4% 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 Castaways Beach, 79.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Castaways Beach, 98.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Castaways Beach, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.3% had 2 bedrooms and 44.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Castaways Beach, 44.3% were owned outright, 35.8% were owned with a mortgage and 17.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Castaways Beach, of all households, 87.6% were family households, 10.5% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Castaways Beach, 21.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.0% 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 Castaways Beach, 24.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 55.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Castaways Beach, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 46 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 Castaways Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Castaways 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.