Breakfast Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,744 people in Breakfast Point of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Breakfast Point was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.4% of the population.

Of people in Breakfast Point aged 15 years and over, 61.6% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Breakfast Point was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Breakfast Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Breakfast Point was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Breakfast Point 25.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.9% were in primary school, 19.5% in secondary school and 25.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Breakfast Point were English 18.4%, Australian 15.4%, Chinese 13.2%, Irish 7.2% and Italian 7.1%.

In Breakfast Point, 54.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 7.7%, Korea, Republic of (South) 4.1%, England 3.5%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.1% and Italy 2.0%.

In Breakfast Point, 34.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 54.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Breakfast Point were Catholic 32.9%, No Religion 20.4%, Anglican 13.0%, Eastern Orthodox 4.4% and Buddhism 4.0%.

In Breakfast Point 59.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 7.7%, Cantonese 5.7%, Korean 4.5%, Italian 4.4% and Greek 1.9%.

Employment

There were 1,559 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Breakfast Point. Of these 69.6% were employed full time, 22.1% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Breakfast Point, 6.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Breakfast Point was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Breakfast Point included Professionals 32.7%, Managers 26.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.9%, Labourers 1.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.5%.

Of the employed people in Breakfast Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 3.9%, School Education 3.8%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.5%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.4% and Medical Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Breakfast Point was $1,064.

In Breakfast Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.9%, Ferry 8.0%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Train 2.3% and Bus 2.2%. On the day, 17.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Breakfast Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.1% provided care for children and 10.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% 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 Breakfast Point, 27.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Breakfast Point, 39.4% were couple families with children, 48.7% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

In Breakfast Point 10.8% of single parents were male and 89.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Breakfast Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,340 and those without children was $3,295.

Employment status of couple families

In Breakfast Point, of couple families with children, 30.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 15.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Breakfast Point, 91.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Breakfast Point, 7.5% were separate houses, 10.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 82.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Breakfast Point, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 43.4% had 2 bedrooms and 43.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Breakfast Point, 28.5% were owned outright, 41.2% were owned with a mortgage and 29.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Breakfast Point, of all households, 78.5% were family households, 19.0% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Breakfast Point, 9.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 31.4% 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 Breakfast Point, 40.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Breakfast Point, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Breakfast Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Breakfast Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $625 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,895.