O'Sullivan Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,934 people in O'Sullivan Beach of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in O'Sullivan Beach was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.8% of the population.

Of people in O'Sullivan Beach aged 15 years and over, 42.6% were married and 16.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in O'Sullivan Beach was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In O'Sullivan Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in O'Sullivan Beach was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In O'Sullivan Beach 26.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 19.9% in secondary school and 15.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in O'Sullivan Beach were English 36.0%, Australian 29.4%, Scottish 6.8%, Irish 6.0% and German 5.8%.

In O'Sullivan Beach, 74.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.2%, Scotland 1.4%, New Zealand 1.4%, Germany 1.2% and Netherlands 1.0%.

In O'Sullivan Beach, 58.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in O'Sullivan Beach were No Religion 39.6%, Anglican 13.5%, Catholic 12.4%, Uniting Church 7.2% and Christian, nfd 2.9%.

In O'Sullivan Beach 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.6%, Greek 0.4%, Italian 0.3%, Filipino 0.3% and Japanese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 870 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in O'Sullivan Beach. Of these 52.3% were employed full time, 31.4% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in O'Sullivan Beach, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in O'Sullivan Beach was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in O'Sullivan Beach included Labourers 19.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Sales Workers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Professionals 10.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.3% and Managers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in O'Sullivan Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 5.5%, Hospitals 5.3%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9% and Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in O'Sullivan Beach was $433.

In O'Sullivan Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.9%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Bus 2.4%, Walked only 1.8% and Motorbike/scooter 1.5%. On the day, 6.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In O'Sullivan Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.1% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.4% 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 O'Sullivan Beach, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in O'Sullivan Beach, 33.6% were couple families with children, 41.3% were couple families without children and 23.1% were one parent families.

In O'Sullivan Beach 22.6% of single parents were male and 77.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In O'Sullivan Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,823 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In O'Sullivan Beach, of couple families with children, 11.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 18.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In O'Sullivan Beach, 92.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in O'Sullivan Beach, 91.7% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In O'Sullivan Beach, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 9.8% had 2 bedrooms and 76.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in O'Sullivan Beach, 29.6% were owned outright, 35.5% were owned with a mortgage and 31.9% were rented.

Household composition

In O'Sullivan Beach, of all households, 67.8% were family households, 28.1% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In O'Sullivan Beach, 31.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.5% 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 O'Sullivan Beach, 42.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In O'Sullivan Beach, there were 65 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 36.9%) were male and 41 (or 63.1%) were female. The median age was 18 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 O'Sullivan Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,100.

In O'Sullivan Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $143 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,192.