Ettalong Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,628 people in Ettalong Beach of these 47.0% were male and 53.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Ettalong Beach was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 28.4% of the population.

Of people in Ettalong Beach aged 15 years and over, 37.0% were married and 20.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ettalong Beach was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Ettalong Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ettalong Beach was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Ettalong Beach 25.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.1% were in primary school, 17.6% in secondary school and 15.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ettalong Beach were Australian 31.0%, English 31.0%, Irish 10.0%, Scottish 7.1% and German 2.5%.

In Ettalong Beach, 78.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 2.5%, Scotland 0.8%, Germany 0.5% and Netherlands 0.4%.

In Ettalong Beach, 67.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ettalong Beach were Anglican 29.3%, Catholic 26.9%, No Religion 17.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6% and Uniting Church 3.5%.

In Ettalong Beach 89.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.6%, Italian 0.4%, German 0.4%, Greek 0.4% and Thai 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,691 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ettalong Beach. Of these 53.7% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 10.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ettalong Beach, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ettalong Beach was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Ettalong Beach included Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Labourers 12.8%, Professionals 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.2%, Managers 10.3%, Sales Workers 9.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Ettalong Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Hospitals 3.2%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.2% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ettalong Beach was $435.

In Ettalong Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 49.6%, Train 7.1%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Train, bus 3.8% and Walked only 3.3%. On the day, 20.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ettalong Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.7% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.2% 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 Ettalong Beach, 23.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ettalong Beach, 26.1% were couple families with children, 44.3% were couple families without children and 26.6% were one parent families.

In Ettalong Beach 17.0% of single parents were male and 83.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ettalong Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,905 and those without children was $1,652.

Employment status of couple families

In Ettalong Beach, of couple families with children, 12.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 12.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ettalong Beach, 80.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ettalong Beach, 56.7% were separate houses, 33.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Ettalong Beach, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 33.5% had 2 bedrooms and 48.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ettalong Beach, 40.8% were owned outright, 15.8% were owned with a mortgage and 39.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Ettalong Beach, of all households, 56.1% were family households, 40.1% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Ettalong Beach, 40.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 Ettalong Beach, 50.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ettalong Beach, there were 121 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 52 (or 43.0%) were male and 69 (or 57.0%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Ettalong Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $776.

In Ettalong Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $285 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.