Maslin Beach

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,012 people were counted in Maslin Beach: of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Of the total population 1.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Maslin Beach there were 205 children aged 0-14 years and 184 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Maslin Beach, 883 people were Australian citizens, 254 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Maslin Beach, 47.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 15.3% were separated or divorced, 3.9% were widowed and 34.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Maslin Beach, 69.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Maslin Beach were England 15.2%, New Zealand 2.6%, Germany 1.4%, Scotland 1.1% and Netherlands 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Maslin Beach on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 39.0%, Anglican 13.6%, Catholic 13.2%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Lutheran 2.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Maslin Beach, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 1.4%, Netherlandic 0.4%, Italian 0.4%, Danish 0.3% and Polish 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 507 people aged 15 years and over in Maslin Beach were in the labour force. Of these 53.3% worked full-time, 33.1% worked part-time, 3.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 10.5% were unemployed. 275 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Maslin Beach, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.2%, Associate Professionals 7.0%, Professionals 6.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.0%, Managers and Administrators 3.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Maslin Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.8%, Health Services 4.7%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.0%, Food Retailing 3.4% and Construction Trade Services 2.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Maslin Beach, 307 families were counted: of these, 40.1% were couple families without children, 35.2% were couple families with children, 22.5% were one parent families and 2.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Maslin Beach, 413 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Maslin Beach, 95.6% were separate houses, 2.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Maslin Beach, 33.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 43.6% were being purchased and 14.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Maslin Beach, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 28.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 68.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Maslin Beach, 72.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 20.3% were single (or lone) person households and 2.7% were group households.