St Helens Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 117 people in St Helens Beach of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in St Helens Beach was 60 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 36.4% of the population.

Of people in St Helens Beach aged 15 years and over, 68.6% were married and 15.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in St Helens Beach was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 69 years.

In St Helens Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in St Helens Beach was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 72 years.

In St Helens Beach 17.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.0% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 15.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in St Helens Beach were Australian 32.5%, English 30.5%, Scottish 14.6%, Irish 13.2% and German 5.3%.

In St Helens Beach, 94.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was England 2.6%.

In St Helens Beach, 79.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in St Helens Beach were Catholic 37.6%, Anglican 25.6%, No Religion 11.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 11.1% and Uniting Church 7.7%.

In St Helens Beach 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 42 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in St Helens Beach. Of these 50.0% were employed full time, 42.9% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in St Helens Beach, 7.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 23.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in St Helens Beach was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 59 years.

The most common occupations in St Helens Beach included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.0%, Labourers 16.7%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.5%, Managers 7.1% and Professionals 7.1%.

Of the employed people in St Helens Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 18.6%, Other Crop Growing 14.0%, Building Installation Services 9.3%, Building Completion Services 9.3% and Pubs, Taverns and Bars 9.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in St Helens Beach was $437.

In St Helens Beach, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 46.5%, Truck 9.3%, Bus 7.0% and Walked only 7.0%. On the day, 9.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In St Helens Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.8% provided care for children and 7.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.6% 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 St Helens Beach, 23.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 22.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in St Helens Beach, 27.3% were couple families with children, 72.7% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In St Helens Beach 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In St Helens Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $0.

Employment status of couple families

In St Helens Beach, of couple families with children, 16.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 19.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In St Helens Beach, 48.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 51.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Helens Beach, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In St Helens Beach, of occupied private dwellings 5.8% had 1 bedroom, 23.1% had 2 bedrooms and 32.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Helens Beach, 67.3% were owned outright, 21.2% were owned with a mortgage and 5.8% were rented.

Household composition

In St Helens Beach, of all households, 63.3% were family households, 30.6% were single person households and 6.1% were group households.

In St Helens Beach, 26.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.7% 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 St Helens Beach, 42.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In St Helens Beach, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 8 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 St Helens Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In St Helens Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.