Clear Island Waters

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,986 people in Clear Island Waters of these 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Clear Island Waters was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.6% of the population.

Of people in Clear Island Waters aged 15 years and over, 56.3% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Clear Island Waters was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Clear Island Waters, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Clear Island Waters was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Clear Island Waters 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.8% were in primary school, 23.1% in secondary school and 22.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Clear Island Waters were English 30.1%, Australian 18.3%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 6.4% and Chinese 6.3%.

In Clear Island Waters, 56.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.9%, New Zealand 6.8%, South Africa 2.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.3% and Taiwan 1.6%.

In Clear Island Waters, 41.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 47.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Clear Island Waters were Catholic 29.8%, Anglican 22.7%, No Religion 16.3%, Uniting Church 6.6% and Buddhism 3.4%.

In Clear Island Waters 75.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.3%, Cantonese 2.2%, Japanese 1.6%, Italian 1.2% and French 1.0%.

Employment

There were 1,818 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Clear Island Waters. Of these 53.5% were employed full time, 35.0% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Clear Island Waters, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Clear Island Waters was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Clear Island Waters included Professionals 20.7%, Managers 16.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Sales Workers 15.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Labourers 6.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Clear Island Waters, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.1%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 4.0%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.8%, Accommodation 3.7% and School Education 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Clear Island Waters was $551.

In Clear Island Waters, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.2%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Train 1.2%, Bus 0.9% and Bicycle 0.9%. On the day, 2.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Clear Island Waters, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.3% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.0% 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 Clear Island Waters, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Clear Island Waters, 38.7% were couple families with children, 47.2% were couple families without children and 12.4% were one parent families.

In Clear Island Waters 17.7% of single parents were male and 82.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Clear Island Waters, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,508 and those without children was $1,939.

Employment status of couple families

In Clear Island Waters, of couple families with children, 16.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 18.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Clear Island Waters, 88.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clear Island Waters, 64.0% were separate houses, 25.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Clear Island Waters, of occupied private dwellings 7.9% had 1 bedroom, 5.6% had 2 bedrooms and 37.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clear Island Waters, 42.8% were owned outright, 27.3% were owned with a mortgage and 22.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Clear Island Waters, of all households, 72.8% were family households, 23.4% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Clear Island Waters, 24.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.3% 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 Clear Island Waters, 34.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Clear Island Waters, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 6 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 56 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 Clear Island Waters, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Clear Island Waters, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $7,200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.