Paradise Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,930 people in Paradise Point of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Paradise Point was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.8% of the population.

Of people in Paradise Point aged 15 years and over, 53.3% were married and 15.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Paradise Point was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Paradise Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Paradise Point was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Paradise Point 24.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.2% were in primary school, 19.8% in secondary school and 16.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Paradise Point were English 33.3%, Australian 22.7%, Irish 8.0%, Scottish 8.0% and German 3.9%.

In Paradise Point, 65.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 7.8%, England 7.2%, South Africa 1.6%, Scotland 0.8% and United States of America 0.6%.

In Paradise Point, 52.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Paradise Point were Anglican 25.6%, Catholic 25.4%, No Religion 17.7%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Paradise Point 86.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 0.7%, Italian 0.6%, Greek 0.4%, Mandarin 0.4% and Spanish 0.4%.

Employment

There were 2,883 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Paradise Point. Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 31.3% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Paradise Point, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.8% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Paradise Point included Managers 20.5%, Professionals 17.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.6%, Sales Workers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%, Labourers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Paradise Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Residential Building Construction 4.0%, Real Estate Services 3.7%, School Education 2.8% and Hospitals 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Paradise Point was $599.

In Paradise Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.7%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Walked only 1.2%, Bus 1.1% and Other 0.8%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Paradise Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.6% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.8% 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 Paradise Point, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Paradise Point, 34.8% were couple families with children, 51.3% were couple families without children and 12.7% were one parent families.

In Paradise Point 24.6% of single parents were male and 75.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Paradise Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,614 and those without children was $2,098.

Employment status of couple families

In Paradise Point, of couple families with children, 19.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 18.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Paradise Point, 81.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Paradise Point, 56.2% were separate houses, 26.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 17.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Paradise Point, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 24.9% had 2 bedrooms and 36.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Paradise Point, 34.8% were owned outright, 28.0% were owned with a mortgage and 34.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Paradise Point, of all households, 70.8% were family households, 25.4% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Paradise Point, 26.1% 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 Paradise Point, 33.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Paradise Point, there were 43 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 21 (or 48.8%) were male and 22 (or 51.2%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Paradise Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Paradise Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $340 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,894.