Main Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,496 people in Main Beach of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Main Beach was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 6.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.4% of the population.

Of people in Main Beach aged 15 years and over, 40.7% were married and 16.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Main Beach was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Main Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Main Beach was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Main Beach 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 6.1% were in primary school, 5.3% in secondary school and 21.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Main Beach were English 28.1%, Australian 17.6%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 7.4% and German 4.1%.

In Main Beach, 56.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.2%, England 4.9%, Japan 1.1%, Germany 1.0% and United States of America 1.0%.

In Main Beach, 54.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Main Beach were Catholic 21.6%, Anglican 20.6%, No Religion 17.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1% and Uniting Church 4.0%.

In Main Beach 72.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 1.3%, Italian 0.7%, Spanish 0.7%, Portuguese 0.6% and French 0.6%.

Employment

There were 1,747 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Main Beach. Of these 62.7% were employed full time, 27.3% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Main Beach, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Main Beach was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Main Beach included Professionals 27.4%, Managers 18.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Sales Workers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.6%, Labourers 5.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Main Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.4%, Accommodation 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, School Education 3.8% and Real Estate Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Main Beach was $803.

In Main Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.9%, Walked only 6.8%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Bicycle 2.8% and Bus 1.9%. 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 63.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Main Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 13.0% provided care for children and 7.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.2% 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 Main Beach, 22.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Main Beach, 15.9% were couple families with children, 71.2% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In Main Beach 20.5% of single parents were male and 79.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Main Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $2,327.

Employment status of couple families

In Main Beach, of couple families with children, 24.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 13.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Main Beach, 64.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 35.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Main Beach, 5.9% were separate houses, 4.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 87.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Main Beach, of occupied private dwellings 9.9% had 1 bedroom, 61.3% had 2 bedrooms and 21.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.2. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Main Beach, 34.9% were owned outright, 18.8% were owned with a mortgage and 42.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Main Beach, of all households, 52.6% were family households, 38.2% were single person households and 9.2% were group households.

In Main Beach, 20.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.2% 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 Main Beach, 49.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Main Beach, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 37.5%) were male and 5 (or 62.5%) 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 Main Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,333.

In Main Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $275 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.