Middleton Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 652 people in Middleton Beach of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Middleton Beach was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 28.4% of the population.

Of people in Middleton Beach aged 15 years and over, 57.0% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Middleton Beach was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Middleton Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Middleton Beach was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 26 years.

In Middleton Beach 23.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.1% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 16.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Middleton Beach were English 37.2%, Australian 32.1%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 7.1% and German 3.5%.

In Middleton Beach, 75.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.1%, South Africa 2.6%, New Zealand 1.7%, Zimbabwe 1.1% and Japan 0.9%.

In Middleton Beach, 57.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Middleton Beach were Anglican 31.6%, No Religion 22.7%, Catholic 18.3%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In Middleton Beach 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.1%, Afrikaans 1.1%, Japanese 0.6%, French 0.5% and Italian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 306 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Middleton Beach. Of these 55.2% were employed full time, 34.3% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Middleton Beach, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Middleton Beach was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Middleton Beach included Professionals 29.7%, Managers 17.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%, Labourers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Middleton Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.4%, Accommodation 4.4%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.7% and Allied Health Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Middleton Beach was $695.

In Middleton 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 3.7%, Bus 1.4%, Walked only 1.4% and Ferry 1.0%. 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 71.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Middleton Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.4% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.9% 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 Middleton Beach, 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Middleton Beach, 27.8% were couple families with children, 57.8% were couple families without children and 14.4% were one parent families.

In Middleton Beach 37.9% of single parents were male and 62.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Middleton Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $2,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Middleton Beach, of couple families with children, 15.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 17.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Middleton Beach, 59.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 40.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Middleton Beach, 80.7% were separate houses, 12.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.3% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Middleton Beach, of occupied private dwellings 5.8% had 1 bedroom, 16.5% had 2 bedrooms and 45.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Middleton Beach, 45.7% were owned outright, 14.9% were owned with a mortgage and 37.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Middleton Beach, of all households, 64.9% were family households, 33.3% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Middleton Beach, 27.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.8% 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 Middleton Beach, 36.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Middleton Beach, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 57.1%) were male and 3 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 9 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 Middleton Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Middleton 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.