Seven Mile Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,114 people in Seven Mile Beach of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Seven Mile Beach was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.9% of the population.

Of people in Seven Mile Beach aged 15 years and over, 56.1% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Seven Mile Beach was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Seven Mile Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Seven Mile Beach was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Seven Mile Beach 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.0% were in primary school, 25.7% in secondary school and 26.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Seven Mile Beach were Australian 36.9%, English 34.0%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 7.1% and German 3.3%.

In Seven Mile Beach, 87.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, New Zealand 1.3%, Netherlands 0.7%, Scotland 0.7% and Germany 0.5%.

In Seven Mile Beach, 74.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Seven Mile Beach were No Religion 31.7%, Anglican 29.1%, Catholic 21.0%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Lutheran 1.0%.

In Seven Mile Beach 96.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.8%, Greek 0.5%, Indonesian 0.4% and Dutch 0.4%.

Employment

There were 658 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Seven Mile Beach. Of these 57.4% were employed full time, 35.0% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Seven Mile Beach, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Seven Mile Beach was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Seven Mile Beach included Professionals 22.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 21.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Managers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Labourers 4.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Seven Mile Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 7.9%, School Education 6.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Residential Building Construction 3.3% and Tertiary Education 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Seven Mile Beach was $685.

In Seven Mile Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.3%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Bus 3.9%, Walked only 1.3% and Ferry 0.6%. On the day, 4.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Seven Mile Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.0% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 Seven Mile Beach, 30.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Seven Mile Beach, 49.7% were couple families with children, 35.2% were couple families without children and 14.0% were one parent families.

In Seven Mile Beach 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Seven Mile Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,297 and those without children was $1,916.

Employment status of couple families

In Seven Mile Beach, of couple families with children, 21.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 34.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Seven Mile Beach, 93.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Seven Mile Beach, 98.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Seven Mile Beach, of occupied private dwellings 1.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.1% had 2 bedrooms and 52.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Seven Mile Beach, 36.0% were owned outright, 51.1% were owned with a mortgage and 12.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Seven Mile Beach, of all households, 84.6% were family households, 14.6% were single person households and 0.7% were group households.

In Seven Mile Beach, 16.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.2% 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 Seven Mile Beach, 30.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Seven Mile Beach, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 58.3%) were male and 5 (or 41.7%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Seven Mile Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,883.

In Seven Mile 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.