Grasstree Beach (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 326 people in Grasstree Beach (L) of these 54.0% were male and 46.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Grasstree Beach (L) was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Grasstree Beach (L) aged 15 years and over, 52.6% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Grasstree Beach (L) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Grasstree Beach (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Grasstree Beach (L) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Grasstree Beach (L) 24.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.8% were in primary school, 17.9% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Grasstree Beach (L) were Australian 33.9%, English 30.1%, Scottish 8.3%, Irish 7.8% and German 2.6%.

In Grasstree Beach (L), 86.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.4%, South Africa 1.8%, England 1.2%, France 0.9% and Tuvalu 0.9%.

In Grasstree Beach (L), 77.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Grasstree Beach (L) were No Religion 27.2%, Catholic 22.6%, Anglican 22.3%, Uniting Church 8.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Grasstree Beach (L) 90.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Tuvaluan 2.2% and Auslan 1.5%.

Employment

There were 183 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Grasstree Beach (L). Of these 69.4% were employed full time, 19.7% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Grasstree Beach (L), 4.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.9% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Grasstree Beach (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 18.7%, Labourers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Professionals 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Managers 7.0% and Sales Workers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Grasstree Beach (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 9.9%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5.3%, Building Installation Services 4.7%, School Education 4.7% and Public Order and Safety Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Grasstree Beach (L) was $754.

In Grasstree Beach (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.3%, Bus 5.8%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Walked only 5.3% and Motorbike/scooter 1.8%. On the day, 6.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Grasstree Beach (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 65.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.2% provided care for children and 7.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.1% 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 Grasstree Beach (L), 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Grasstree Beach (L), 34.0% were couple families with children, 53.0% were couple families without children and 10.0% were one parent families.

In Grasstree Beach (L) 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Grasstree Beach (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,250 and those without children was $3,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Grasstree Beach (L), of couple families with children, 20.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 15.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Grasstree Beach (L), 66.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 33.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grasstree Beach (L), 90.9% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Grasstree Beach (L), of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 25.4% had 2 bedrooms and 43.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grasstree Beach (L), 33.3% were owned outright, 27.5% were owned with a mortgage and 32.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Grasstree Beach (L), of all households, 81.8% were family households, 15.7% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Grasstree Beach (L), 16.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.2% 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 Grasstree Beach (L), 19.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Grasstree Beach (L), there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 33.3%) were male and 6 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Grasstree Beach (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Grasstree Beach (L), 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.