Grasstree Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 989 people in Grasstree Beach of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Grasstree Beach was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.4% of the population.

Of people in Grasstree Beach aged 15 years and over, 59.4% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Grasstree Beach was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Grasstree Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Grasstree Beach was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Grasstree Beach 25.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.5% were in primary school, 20.6% in secondary school and 10.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Grasstree Beach were Australian 31.9%, English 30.6%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 7.3% and German 5.0%.

In Grasstree Beach, 83.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.3%, England 1.7%, South Africa 0.6%, Lebanon 0.5% and Philippines 0.5%.

In Grasstree Beach, 76.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Grasstree Beach were Catholic 26.0%, No Religion 22.8%, Anglican 20.3%, Uniting Church 10.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.2%.

In Grasstree Beach 90.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Filipino 0.8%, Maltese 0.6%, German 0.5%, Tuvaluan 0.5% and Auslan 0.5%.

Employment

There were 518 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Grasstree Beach. Of these 70.3% were employed full time, 19.1% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Grasstree Beach, 6.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Grasstree Beach was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Grasstree Beach included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.5%, Professionals 13.3%, Labourers 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Managers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1% and Sales Workers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Grasstree Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 11.9%, School Education 5.3%, Hospitals 4.0%, Rail Freight Transport 3.8% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Grasstree Beach was $708.

In Grasstree Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.1%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Bus 2.2%, Walked only 1.6% and Motorbike/scooter 1.0%. On the day, 3.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Grasstree Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.4% 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, 17.5% 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 Grasstree Beach, 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Grasstree Beach, 43.9% were couple families with children, 47.6% were couple families without children and 7.5% were one parent families.

In Grasstree Beach 22.7% of single parents were male and 77.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Grasstree Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,437 and those without children was $2,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Grasstree Beach, of couple families with children, 22.9% had both partners employed full-time, 1.5% had both employed part-time and 14.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Grasstree Beach, 75.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grasstree Beach, 96.0% were separate houses, 1.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Grasstree Beach, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 15.9% had 2 bedrooms and 45.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grasstree Beach, 38.0% were owned outright, 38.9% were owned with a mortgage and 19.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Grasstree Beach, of all households, 83.0% were family households, 16.1% were single person households and 0.9% were group households.

In Grasstree Beach, 17.8% 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 Grasstree Beach, 20.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Grasstree Beach, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 50.0%) were male and 11 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Grasstree Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Grasstree 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.