Machans Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 941 people in Machans Beach of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Machans Beach was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.3% of the population.

Of people in Machans Beach aged 15 years and over, 33.5% were married and 17.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Machans Beach was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In Machans Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 33.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 21.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Machans Beach was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Machans Beach 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.5% were in primary school, 21.4% in secondary school and 15.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Machans Beach were Australian 24.9%, English 23.6%, Irish 11.5%, Scottish 6.9% and German 4.4%.

In Machans Beach, 74.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 4.3%, Germany 1.7%, Papua New Guinea 1.1% and United States of America 0.8%.

In Machans Beach, 60.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Machans Beach were No Religion 37.0%, Catholic 20.2%, Anglican 12.4%, Uniting Church 3.7% and Buddhism 2.9%.

In Machans Beach 86.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.2%, Japanese 0.8%, Spanish 0.7%, Portuguese 0.4% and Sinhalese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 496 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Machans Beach. Of these 53.8% were employed full time, 29.6% were employed part-time and 9.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Machans Beach, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Machans Beach was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Machans Beach included Professionals 27.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Managers 10.6%, Labourers 9.3%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Machans Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.6%, Hospitals 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%, Accommodation 3.1% and Other Social Assistance Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Machans Beach was $622.

In Machans Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.5%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Bus 4.2%, Bicycle 2.9% and Motorbike/scooter 2.0%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Machans Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.1% 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 Machans Beach, 29.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Machans Beach, 31.0% were couple families with children, 42.1% were couple families without children and 25.7% were one parent families.

In Machans Beach 13.6% of single parents were male and 86.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Machans Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,949 and those without children was $1,770.

Employment status of couple families

In Machans Beach, of couple families with children, 27.3% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 17.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Machans Beach, 86.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Machans Beach, 89.4% were separate houses, 4.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Machans Beach, of occupied private dwellings 7.0% had 1 bedroom, 28.7% had 2 bedrooms and 43.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Machans Beach, 23.9% were owned outright, 38.8% were owned with a mortgage and 34.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Machans Beach, of all households, 70.8% were family households, 22.8% were single person households and 6.5% were group households.

In Machans Beach, 22.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.1% 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 Machans Beach, 43.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Machans Beach, there were 95 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 45 (or 47.4%) were male and 50 (or 52.6%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Machans Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $933.

In Machans Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.