City Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,354 people in City Beach of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in City Beach was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.7% of the population.

Of people in City Beach aged 15 years and over, 61.6% were married and 6.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in City Beach was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In City Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in City Beach was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In City Beach 34.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.4% were in primary school, 29.8% in secondary school and 22.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in City Beach were English 30.0%, Australian 25.1%, Irish 8.0%, Scottish 7.1% and Italian 4.4%.

In City Beach, 66.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.3%, South Africa 2.5%, United States of America 2.3%, New Zealand 1.6% and Malaysia 1.4%.

In City Beach, 45.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in City Beach were Catholic 27.1%, Anglican 23.8%, No Religion 23.5%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Eastern Orthodox 3.5%.

In City Beach 85.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.8%, Greek 1.3%, Mandarin 0.8%, French 0.8% and Dutch 0.8%.

Employment

There were 2,938 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in City Beach. Of these 54.5% were employed full time, 37.3% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in City Beach, 17.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in City Beach was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in City Beach included Professionals 40.4%, Managers 20.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Sales Workers 8.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.4%, Labourers 3.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in City Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 5.2%, School Education 4.5%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.5%, Hospitals 4.0% and Medical Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in City Beach was $874.

In City Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.6%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Bus 3.6%, Bicycle 2.0% and Walked only 0.9%. On the day, 6.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In City Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.5% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.5% 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 City Beach, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in City Beach, 54.7% were couple families with children, 37.5% were couple families without children and 7.0% were one parent families.

In City Beach 24.6% of single parents were male and 75.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In City Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,656 and those without children was $3,354.

Employment status of couple families

In City Beach, of couple families with children, 13.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 24.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In City Beach, 89.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in City Beach, 87.7% were separate houses, 10.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In City Beach, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 8.1% had 2 bedrooms and 24.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in City Beach, 51.6% were owned outright, 28.3% were owned with a mortgage and 13.1% were rented.

Household composition

In City Beach, of all households, 79.4% were family households, 18.5% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In City Beach, 12.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 35.6% 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 City Beach, 21.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In City 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 39 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 City Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In City 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.