Diamond Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 849 people in Diamond Beach of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Diamond Beach was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.

Of people in Diamond Beach aged 15 years and over, 56.3% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Diamond Beach was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Diamond Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Diamond Beach was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Diamond Beach 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.4% were in primary school, 34.1% in secondary school and 15.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Diamond Beach were English 32.5%, Australian 31.8%, Irish 10.5%, Scottish 7.1% and German 3.7%.

In Diamond Beach, 83.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, New Zealand 1.9%, Germany 1.8%, Netherlands 1.1% and Egypt 0.6%.

In Diamond Beach, 72.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Diamond Beach were Anglican 26.0%, No Religion 25.1%, Catholic 21.0%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Diamond Beach 92.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.9%, Dutch 0.4%, Greek 0.4%, Spanish 0.4% and Hindi 0.4%.

Employment

There were 410 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Diamond Beach. Of these 48.3% were employed full time, 40.2% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Diamond Beach, 17.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Diamond Beach was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Diamond Beach included Professionals 26.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Labourers 8.9%, Managers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Diamond Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.6%, Accommodation 5.5%, Local Government Administration 4.2%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.7% and Hospitals 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Diamond Beach was $507.

In Diamond Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.9%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Walked only 2.9%, Other 1.6% and Train 0.8%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Diamond Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 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 Diamond Beach, 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Diamond Beach, 38.0% were couple families with children, 46.8% were couple families without children and 15.2% were one parent families.

In Diamond Beach 13.5% of single parents were male and 86.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Diamond Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,888 and those without children was $1,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Diamond Beach, of couple families with children, 12.1% had both partners employed full-time, 9.3% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Diamond Beach, 73.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Diamond Beach, 86.6% were separate houses, 10.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.2% were other dwellings.

In Diamond Beach, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 11.9% had 2 bedrooms and 42.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Diamond Beach, 35.3% were owned outright, 32.1% were owned with a mortgage and 30.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Diamond Beach, of all households, 78.8% were family households, 19.6% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Diamond Beach, 26.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.4% 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 Diamond Beach, 36.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Diamond Beach, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 42.9%) were male and 12 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Diamond Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,041.

In Diamond Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,842.