North Beach (WA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,091 people in North Beach (WA) of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in North Beach (WA) was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.9% of the population.

Of people in North Beach (WA) aged 15 years and over, 46.6% were married and 14.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Beach (WA) was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In North Beach (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 46.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Beach (WA) was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In North Beach (WA) 25.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.7% were in primary school, 19.4% in secondary school and 24.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Beach (WA) were English 31.7%, Australian 25.1%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 6.9% and Italian 3.4%.

In North Beach (WA), 69.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.6%, New Zealand 2.5%, South Africa 1.7%, Scotland 1.1% and Ireland 0.7%.

In North Beach (WA), 49.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Beach (WA) were No Religion 29.2%, Catholic 24.6%, Anglican 20.4%, Uniting Church 3.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.2%.

In North Beach (WA) 88.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.0%, Greek 0.6%, German 0.6%, Japanese 0.5% and Spanish 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,614 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Beach (WA). Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Beach (WA), 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Beach (WA) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in North Beach (WA) included Professionals 27.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.9%, Managers 14.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Labourers 6.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in North Beach (WA), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.9%, Residential Building Construction 4.0%, Hospitals 3.7%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.6% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Beach (WA) was $784.

In North Beach (WA), 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 3.4%, Train, bus 2.9%, Walked only 1.7% and Train 1.5%. On the day, 8.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Beach (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.9% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% 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 North Beach (WA), 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Beach (WA), 38.1% were couple families with children, 44.1% were couple families without children and 16.3% were one parent families.

In North Beach (WA) 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Beach (WA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,264 and those without children was $3,007.

Employment status of couple families

In North Beach (WA), of couple families with children, 16.9% had both partners employed full-time, 6.7% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Beach (WA), 88.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Beach (WA), 54.8% were separate houses, 31.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In North Beach (WA), of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 25.1% had 2 bedrooms and 47.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Beach (WA), 34.0% were owned outright, 26.1% were owned with a mortgage and 37.4% were rented.

Household composition

In North Beach (WA), of all households, 62.6% were family households, 32.3% were single person households and 5.1% were group households.

In North Beach (WA), 25.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.1% 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 North Beach (WA), 34.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Beach (WA), there were 44 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 25 (or 56.8%) were male and 19 (or 43.2%) were female. The median age was 20 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 North Beach (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $680.

In North Beach (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.