Mission Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 765 people in Mission Beach of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Mission Beach was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.4% of the population.

Of people in Mission Beach aged 15 years and over, 45.7% were married and 16.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mission Beach was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Mission Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mission Beach was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Mission Beach 26.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.1% were in primary school, 17.6% in secondary school and 11.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mission Beach were English 32.1%, Australian 26.2%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 7.3% and German 4.8%.

In Mission Beach, 76.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.4%, New Zealand 3.3%, Scotland 1.3%, Cook Islands 0.9% and India 0.8%.

In Mission Beach, 62.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mission Beach were No Religion 25.6%, Anglican 20.1%, Catholic 19.8%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In Mission Beach 87.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.6%, Maori (Cook Island) 0.9%, Punjabi 0.8%, French 0.7% and Dutch 0.4%.

Employment

There were 387 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mission Beach. Of these 59.2% were employed full time, 26.6% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mission Beach, 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mission Beach was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Mission Beach included Managers 18.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Labourers 16.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.7%, Professionals 10.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7%, Sales Workers 8.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Mission Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 8.1%, Accommodation 7.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.4% and School Education 5.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mission Beach was $550.

In Mission Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.7%, Walked only 8.1%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Bicycle 1.4% and Car as driver, bicycle 1.4%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mission Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.3% 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, 19.7% 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 Mission Beach, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mission Beach, 31.4% were couple families with children, 50.5% were couple families without children and 16.2% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Mission Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,777 and those without children was $1,785.

Employment status of couple families

In Mission Beach, of couple families with children, 24.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 16.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mission Beach, 77.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mission Beach, 79.7% were separate houses, 4.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.2% were flats, units or apartments and 9.5% were other dwellings.

In Mission Beach, of occupied private dwellings 8.5% had 1 bedroom, 24.3% had 2 bedrooms and 39.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mission Beach, 32.1% were owned outright, 29.2% were owned with a mortgage and 31.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Mission Beach, of all households, 67.2% were family households, 26.2% were single person households and 6.6% were group households.

In Mission Beach, 31.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.9% 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 Mission Beach, 39.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mission Beach, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 68.8%) were male and 5 (or 31.2%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Mission Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Mission Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $270 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.