Burns Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,607 people in Burns Beach of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Burns Beach was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.0% of the population.

Of people in Burns Beach aged 15 years and over, 66.4% were married and 5.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Burns Beach was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Burns Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Burns Beach was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Burns Beach 33.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.3% were in primary school, 30.3% in secondary school and 19.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Burns Beach were English 41.7%, Australian 17.2%, Irish 7.4%, Scottish 7.2% and South African 4.0%.

In Burns Beach, 46.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 26.9%, South Africa 7.1%, Scotland 3.1%, New Zealand 2.1% and Ireland 1.7%.

In Burns Beach, 22.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 64.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Burns Beach were Anglican 29.5%, Catholic 28.6%, No Religion 18.5%, Christian, nfd 3.0% and Uniting Church 2.4%.

In Burns Beach 87.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 2.6%, Arabic 1.5%, Polish 1.3%, Gujarati 1.2% and Dari 0.7%.

Employment

There were 938 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Burns Beach. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 34.1% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Burns Beach, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Burns Beach was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Burns Beach included Professionals 20.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.9%, Managers 13.9%, Sales Workers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Labourers 5.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Burns Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 6.2%, School Education 6.2%, Building Completion Services 3.7%, Hospitals 3.6% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Burns Beach was $831.

In Burns Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.5%, Train 5.8%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Train, car as driver 2.3% and Truck 1.7%. On the day, 12.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Burns Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.4% provided care for children and 6.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.9% 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 Burns Beach, 29.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Burns Beach, 67.6% were couple families with children, 26.1% were couple families without children and 5.0% were one parent families.

In Burns Beach 14.3% of single parents were male and 85.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Burns Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,088 and those without children was $2,518.

Employment status of couple families

In Burns Beach, of couple families with children, 21.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 30.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Burns Beach, 89.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burns 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 Burns Beach, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.9% had 2 bedrooms and 12.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burns Beach, 12.1% were owned outright, 77.4% were owned with a mortgage and 9.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Burns Beach, of all households, 92.6% were family households, 6.8% were single person households and 0.6% were group households.

In Burns Beach, 7.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 31.8% 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 Burns Beach, 15.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 54.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Burns Beach, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Burns Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Burns 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.