Bream Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 125 people in Bream Beach of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 12.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Bream Beach was 55 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.6% of the population.

Of people in Bream Beach aged 15 years and over, 61.1% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bream Beach was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Bream Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bream Beach was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Bream Beach 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 11.4% were in primary school, 31.4% in secondary school and 25.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bream Beach were English 35.1%, Australian 25.8%, Irish 6.6%, Scottish 6.0% and Dutch 6.0%.

In Bream Beach, 72.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.6%, Denmark 2.3%, Germany 2.3%, Singapore 2.3% and South Africa 2.3%.

In Bream Beach, 58.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bream Beach were Anglican 28.2%, Catholic 16.9%, No Religion 15.3%, Pentecostal 8.1% and Islam 3.2%.

In Bream Beach 95.9% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 43 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bream Beach. Of these 60.5% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bream Beach, 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bream Beach was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Bream Beach were Community and Personal Service Workers 22.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.5%, Managers 17.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Professionals 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.8% and Labourers 9.8%.

Of the employed people in Bream Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 30.0%, Ceramic Product Manufacturing 10.0%, Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 10.0%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 10.0% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 10.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bream Beach was $405.

In Bream Beach, on the day of the Census, the only response for methods of travel to work for employed people was Car, as driver 78.0%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bream Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.4% provided care for children and 3.7% 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 Bream Beach, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bream Beach, 31.6% were couple families with children, 68.4% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Bream Beach 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bream Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Bream Beach, of couple families with children, 11.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 17.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bream Beach, 61.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 38.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bream Beach, 89.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 10.2% were other dwellings.

In Bream Beach, of occupied private dwellings 8.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.0% had 2 bedrooms and 32.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bream Beach, 56.0% were owned outright, 20.0% were owned with a mortgage and 18.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Bream Beach, of all households, 68.6% were family households, 25.5% were single person households and 5.9% were group households.

In Bream Beach, 24.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Bream Beach, 42.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bream Beach, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 62.5%) were male and 6 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 9 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 Bream Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Bream 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 $1,887.