Denhams Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 548 people in Denhams Beach of these 46.2% were male and 53.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Denhams Beach was 57 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 37.4% of the population.

Of people in Denhams Beach aged 15 years and over, 50.4% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Denhams Beach was 65 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Denhams Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Denhams Beach was 64 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Denhams Beach 21.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.0% were in primary school, 28.8% in secondary school and 10.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Denhams Beach were English 31.8%, Australian 29.5%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 8.1% and German 3.1%.

In Denhams Beach, 79.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.6%, New Zealand 1.6%, Germany 1.1%, Scotland 1.1% and Netherlands 0.7%.

In Denhams Beach, 63.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Denhams Beach were Anglican 31.1%, No Religion 20.0%, Catholic 19.5%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9%.

In Denhams Beach 92.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 0.7%, Greek 0.7%, German 0.5%, Dutch 0.5% and Finnish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 157 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Denhams Beach. Of these 48.4% were employed full time, 38.9% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Denhams Beach, 19.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Denhams Beach was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 55 years.

The most common occupations in Denhams Beach included Professionals 19.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.1%, Managers 13.7%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Labourers 4.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Denhams Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Residential Building Construction 4.1%, Building Completion Services 4.1% and Hospitals 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Denhams Beach was $460.

In Denhams Beach, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 61.6%, Car, as passenger 8.9%, Other 2.7% and Truck 2.1%. 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 67.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Denhams Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.8% provided care for children and 9.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.0% 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 Denhams Beach, 19.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Denhams Beach, 21.9% were couple families with children, 59.9% were couple families without children and 18.2% were one parent families.

In Denhams Beach 20.8% of single parents were male and 79.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Denhams Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $1,718.

Employment status of couple families

In Denhams Beach, of couple families with children, 10.1% had both partners employed full-time, 8.3% had both employed part-time and 12.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Denhams Beach, 49.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 50.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Denhams Beach, 76.6% were separate houses, 12.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Denhams Beach, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 13.2% had 2 bedrooms and 64.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Denhams Beach, 49.7% were owned outright, 17.1% were owned with a mortgage and 31.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Denhams Beach, of all households, 69.1% were family households, 28.2% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Denhams Beach, 32.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 Denhams Beach, 51.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Denhams Beach, there were 37 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 35.1%) were male and 24 (or 64.9%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Denhams Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $766.

In Denhams Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $217.