Peregian Springs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,949 people in Peregian Springs of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Peregian Springs was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

Of people in Peregian Springs aged 15 years and over, 65.0% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Peregian Springs was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Peregian Springs, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Peregian Springs was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Peregian Springs 32.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.2% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 11.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Peregian Springs were English 35.9%, Australian 25.9%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 8.4% and German 4.1%.

In Peregian Springs, 69.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.7%, New Zealand 5.3%, South Africa 1.9%, Scotland 1.2% and United States of America 1.0%.

In Peregian Springs, 53.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Peregian Springs were No Religion 29.2%, Anglican 25.6%, Catholic 19.7%, Uniting Church 4.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Peregian Springs 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, Afrikaans 0.5%, French 0.4%, Italian 0.3% and Dutch 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,708 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Peregian Springs. Of these 55.8% were employed full time, 34.0% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Peregian Springs, 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Peregian Springs was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Peregian Springs included Professionals 22.4%, Managers 17.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Sales Workers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Labourers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Peregian Springs, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Hospitals 3.1%, Residential Building Construction 2.7% and Real Estate Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Peregian Springs was $594.

In Peregian Springs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.8%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Walked only 1.6%, Truck 1.2% and Other 1.2%. 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 69.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Peregian Springs, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.9% provided care for children and 9.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.7% 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 Peregian Springs, 27.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Peregian Springs, 47.8% were couple families with children, 40.2% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

In Peregian Springs 12.1% of single parents were male and 87.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Peregian Springs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,991 and those without children was $1,987.

Employment status of couple families

In Peregian Springs, of couple families with children, 15.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 22.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Peregian Springs, 86.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Peregian Springs, 89.9% were separate houses, 10.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Peregian Springs, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 8.4% had 2 bedrooms and 26.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Peregian Springs, 29.9% were owned outright, 34.6% were owned with a mortgage and 33.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Peregian Springs, of all households, 87.0% were family households, 11.3% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Peregian Springs, 18.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.7% 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 Springs, 33.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Peregian Springs, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 63.3%) were male and 11 (or 36.7%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Springs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,949.

In Peregian Springs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $460 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,257.