Pacific Pines

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 14,788 people in Pacific Pines of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Pacific Pines was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.7% of the population.

Of people in Pacific Pines aged 15 years and over, 52.9% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pacific Pines was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Pacific Pines, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pacific Pines was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Pacific Pines 32.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.1% were in primary school, 24.5% in secondary school and 16.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pacific Pines were English 30.6%, Australian 23.7%, Scottish 6.7%, Irish 6.7% and German 3.4%.

In Pacific Pines, 63.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 13.2%, England 6.4%, South Africa 1.5%, Philippines 1.1% and Korea, Republic of (South) 0.8%.

In Pacific Pines, 45.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pacific Pines were No Religion 26.4%, Catholic 21.7%, Anglican 19.5%, Uniting Church 4.2% and Christian, nfd 3.7%.

In Pacific Pines 84.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Korean 1.2%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.6%, Mandarin 0.6%, Japanese 0.5% and Spanish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 7,966 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pacific Pines. Of these 60.3% were employed full time, 28.3% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pacific Pines, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pacific Pines was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Pacific Pines included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Professionals 15.2%, Sales Workers 12.7%, Managers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Labourers 10.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Pacific Pines, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, School Education 3.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7%, Hospitals 3.6% and Building Installation Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pacific Pines was $665.

In Pacific Pines, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.6%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Train 1.3%, Walked only 1.1% and Truck 1.0%. On the day, 4.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pacific Pines, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.1% provided care for children and 7.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.1% 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 Pacific Pines, 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pacific Pines, 56.3% were couple families with children, 27.3% were couple families without children and 15.3% were one parent families.

In Pacific Pines 14.8% of single parents were male and 85.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pacific Pines, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,115 and those without children was $2,051.

Employment status of couple families

In Pacific Pines, of couple families with children, 26.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 25.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pacific Pines, 95.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pacific Pines, 83.1% were separate houses, 16.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Pacific Pines, of occupied private dwellings 0.1% had 1 bedroom, 0.4% had 2 bedrooms and 31.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pacific Pines, 10.8% were owned outright, 51.7% were owned with a mortgage and 35.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Pacific Pines, of all households, 89.0% were family households, 7.7% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Pacific Pines, 9.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.4% 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 Pacific Pines, 24.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pacific Pines, there were 184 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 81 (or 44.0%) were male and 103 (or 56.0%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Pacific Pines, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,451.

In Pacific Pines, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $420 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.