Palm Beach (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 13,956 people in Palm Beach (Qld) of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Palm Beach (Qld) was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.5% of the population.

Of people in Palm Beach (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 38.8% were married and 17.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Palm Beach (Qld) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Palm Beach (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 38.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Palm Beach (Qld) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Palm Beach (Qld) 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.2% were in primary school, 18.4% in secondary school and 19.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Palm Beach (Qld) were English 31.4%, Australian 27.9%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 8.4% and German 3.6%.

In Palm Beach (Qld), 77.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.9%, England 3.8%, South Africa 0.5%, Scotland 0.5% and United States of America 0.5%.

In Palm Beach (Qld), 65.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Palm Beach (Qld) were Catholic 24.4%, No Religion 22.7%, Anglican 21.7%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Christian, nfd 3.3%.

In Palm Beach (Qld) 90.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 0.5%, Portuguese 0.3%, German 0.3%, Italian 0.3% and French 0.2%.

Employment

There were 7,078 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Palm Beach (Qld). Of these 53.9% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 8.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Palm Beach (Qld), 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Palm Beach (Qld) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Palm Beach (Qld) included Professionals 19.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Sales Workers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Managers 10.9%, Labourers 9.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Palm Beach (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Hospitals 3.6%, Building Installation Services 2.9% and Residential Building Construction 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Palm Beach (Qld) was $553.

In Palm Beach (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.4%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Bus 2.9%, Walked only 2.2% and Bicycle 1.3%. On the day, 4.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Palm Beach (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 9.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.5% 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 Palm Beach (Qld), 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Palm Beach (Qld), 34.7% were couple families with children, 41.0% were couple families without children and 22.0% were one parent families.

In Palm Beach (Qld) 19.3% of single parents were male and 80.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Palm Beach (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,146 and those without children was $1,862.

Employment status of couple families

In Palm Beach (Qld), of couple families with children, 20.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 21.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Palm Beach (Qld), 85.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Palm Beach (Qld), 49.8% were separate houses, 15.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 33.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Palm Beach (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 6.8% had 1 bedroom, 36.6% had 2 bedrooms and 36.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Palm Beach (Qld), 28.1% were owned outright, 26.4% were owned with a mortgage and 42.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Palm Beach (Qld), of all households, 61.1% were family households, 32.4% were single person households and 6.4% were group households.

In Palm Beach (Qld), 30.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.1% 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 Palm Beach (Qld), 40.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Palm Beach (Qld), there were 273 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 133 (or 48.7%) were male and 140 (or 51.3%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Palm Beach (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $836.

In Palm Beach (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $285 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.