Boat Harbour Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 429 people in Boat Harbour Beach of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Boat Harbour Beach was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.2% of the population.

Of people in Boat Harbour Beach aged 15 years and over, 58.1% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Boat Harbour Beach was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Boat Harbour Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Boat Harbour Beach was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Boat Harbour Beach 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.3% were in primary school, 21.8% in secondary school and 16.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Boat Harbour Beach were English 34.2%, Australian 32.1%, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 9.2% and German 3.1%.

In Boat Harbour Beach, 77.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, New Zealand 3.5%, Scotland 1.2%, Wales 0.9% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.7%.

In Boat Harbour Beach, 70.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Boat Harbour Beach were No Religion 34.7%, Catholic 16.3%, Anglican 14.2%, Christian, nfd 5.8% and Uniting Church 5.8%.

In Boat Harbour Beach 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.7%, Hebrew 0.7% and Japanese 0.7%.

Employment

There were 224 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Boat Harbour Beach. Of these 49.1% were employed full time, 35.7% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Boat Harbour Beach, 15.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Boat Harbour Beach was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Boat Harbour Beach included Professionals 20.0%, Managers 19.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.6%, Labourers 12.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8%, Sales Workers 8.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Boat Harbour Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.1%, Accommodation 4.2%, Road Freight Transport 3.7%, Tertiary Education 3.7% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Boat Harbour Beach was $500.

In Boat Harbour Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.7%, Truck 4.2%, Other 3.7%, Car, as passenger 1.9% and Bus 1.4%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Boat Harbour Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.7% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.7% 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 Boat Harbour Beach, 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Boat Harbour Beach, 47.1% were couple families with children, 47.9% were couple families without children and 5.0% were one parent families.

In Boat Harbour Beach 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Boat Harbour Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,094 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Boat Harbour Beach, of couple families with children, 10.8% had both partners employed full-time, 9.9% had both employed part-time and 20.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Boat Harbour Beach, 65.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 34.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boat Harbour 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 Boat Harbour Beach, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 13.5% had 2 bedrooms and 45.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boat Harbour Beach, 45.5% were owned outright, 35.3% were owned with a mortgage and 17.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Boat Harbour Beach, of all households, 74.7% were family households, 23.4% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Boat Harbour Beach, 26.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.5% 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 Boat Harbour Beach, 29.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Boat Harbour Beach, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 50.0%) were male and 5 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Boat Harbour Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $174.

In Boat Harbour 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.