Avoca Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,319 people in Avoca Beach of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Avoca Beach was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.1% of the population.

Of people in Avoca Beach aged 15 years and over, 54.9% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Avoca Beach was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Avoca Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Avoca Beach was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Avoca Beach 33.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.3% were in primary school, 24.5% in secondary school and 17.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Avoca Beach were English 33.5%, Australian 28.1%, Irish 11.1%, Scottish 8.3% and German 2.7%.

In Avoca Beach, 77.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.6%, New Zealand 1.6%, South Africa 1.5%, Scotland 0.8% and Germany 0.6%.

In Avoca Beach, 63.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Avoca Beach were Catholic 26.3%, Anglican 25.3%, No Religion 22.6%, Uniting Church 4.5% and Christian, nfd 3.1%.

In Avoca Beach 92.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, French 0.4%, Japanese 0.3%, Afrikaans 0.3% and Russian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,203 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Avoca Beach. Of these 54.7% were employed full time, 35.5% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Avoca Beach, 14.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Avoca Beach was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Avoca Beach included Professionals 29.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.4%, Managers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Sales Workers 8.4%, Labourers 6.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Avoca Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.3%, Hospitals 4.6%, Allied Health Services 2.7% and Residential Building Construction 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Avoca Beach was $646.

In Avoca Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.1%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Train, car as driver 3.2%, Walked only 1.9% and Train 1.8%. On the day, 7.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Avoca Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.3% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.0% 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 Avoca Beach, 28.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Avoca Beach, 50.6% were couple families with children, 34.5% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Avoca Beach 16.0% of single parents were male and 84.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Avoca Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,456 and those without children was $2,214.

Employment status of couple families

In Avoca Beach, of couple families with children, 16.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 27.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Avoca Beach, 70.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Avoca Beach, 83.5% were separate houses, 6.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.7% were flats, units or apartments and 6.7% were other dwellings.

In Avoca Beach, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 12.5% had 2 bedrooms and 37.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Avoca Beach, 36.2% were owned outright, 42.2% were owned with a mortgage and 19.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Avoca Beach, of all households, 78.3% were family households, 19.5% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Avoca Beach, 17.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.8% 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 Avoca Beach, 33.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Avoca Beach, there were 78 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 48 (or 61.5%) were male and 30 (or 38.5%) 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 Avoca Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,437.

In Avoca Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $390 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,467.