Peregian Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,531 people in Peregian Beach of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Peregian Beach was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.3% of the population.

Of people in Peregian Beach aged 15 years and over, 50.6% were married and 15.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Peregian Beach was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Peregian Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Peregian Beach was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Peregian Beach 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.8% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 13.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Peregian Beach were English 31.9%, Australian 27.0%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 8.5% and German 4.4%.

In Peregian Beach, 73.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.1%, New Zealand 3.9%, United States of America 1.3%, Germany 1.2% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Peregian Beach, 60.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Peregian Beach were No Religion 32.1%, Catholic 20.8%, Anglican 20.3%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Peregian Beach 90.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.0%, Spanish 0.4%, Dutch 0.4%, Afrikaans 0.3% and French 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,717 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Peregian Beach. Of these 48.8% were employed full time, 38.6% were employed part-time and 7.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Peregian Beach, 15.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Peregian Beach was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Peregian Beach included Professionals 25.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Managers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Labourers 7.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Peregian Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.0%, Accommodation 3.9%, Hospitals 3.2% and Residential Building Construction 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Peregian Beach was $573.

In Peregian Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.5%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Walked only 2.8%, Truck 1.3% and Bus 1.0%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Peregian Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.1% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.8% 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 Peregian Beach, 29.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Peregian Beach, 40.4% were couple families with children, 42.6% were couple families without children and 16.1% were one parent families.

In Peregian Beach 17.0% of single parents were male and 83.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Peregian Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,205 and those without children was $1,702.

Employment status of couple families

In Peregian Beach, of couple families with children, 15.1% had both partners employed full-time, 7.5% had both employed part-time and 21.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Peregian Beach, 75.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Peregian Beach, 77.7% were separate houses, 5.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Peregian Beach, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 20.9% had 2 bedrooms and 43.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Peregian Beach, 32.4% were owned outright, 30.9% were owned with a mortgage and 35.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Peregian Beach, of all households, 72.7% were family households, 22.1% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Peregian Beach, 23.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.7% 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 Peregian Beach, 37.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Peregian Beach, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 37.5%) were male and 10 (or 62.5%) 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 Peregian Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Peregian Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,767.