Mollymook Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,062 people in Mollymook Beach of these 46.3% were male and 53.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Mollymook Beach was 54 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 32.3% of the population.

Of people in Mollymook Beach aged 15 years and over, 54.2% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mollymook Beach was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Mollymook Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mollymook Beach was 63 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Mollymook Beach 23.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.0% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 18.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mollymook Beach were English 34.1%, Australian 29.7%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 8.3% and German 2.6%.

In Mollymook Beach, 79.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.7%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 1.0%, South Africa 0.6% and Germany 0.5%.

In Mollymook Beach, 68.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mollymook Beach were Anglican 28.9%, Catholic 22.4%, No Religion 21.8%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Mollymook Beach 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.4%, German 0.3%, Italian 0.2%, Serbian 0.2% and Afrikaans 0.1%.

Employment

There were 773 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mollymook Beach. Of these 45.9% were employed full time, 38.8% were employed part-time and 9.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mollymook Beach, 17.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mollymook Beach was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Mollymook Beach included Professionals 21.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Managers 11.6%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Labourers 9.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Mollymook Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.2%, Accommodation 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mollymook Beach was $430.

In Mollymook Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.3%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Truck 1.8%, Walked only 1.8% and Other 1.4%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mollymook Beach, 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, 19.0% 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, 24.1% 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 Mollymook Beach, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mollymook Beach, 24.8% were couple families with children, 57.5% were couple families without children and 16.7% were one parent families.

In Mollymook Beach 11.5% of single parents were male and 88.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mollymook Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,733 and those without children was $1,446.

Employment status of couple families

In Mollymook Beach, of couple families with children, 8.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 17.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mollymook Beach, 57.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 42.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mollymook Beach, 90.0% were separate houses, 5.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mollymook Beach, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 14.1% had 2 bedrooms and 52.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mollymook Beach, 52.7% were owned outright, 20.2% were owned with a mortgage and 24.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Mollymook Beach, of all households, 66.4% were family households, 30.8% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Mollymook Beach, 37.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.0% 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 Mollymook Beach, 49.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mollymook Beach, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 46.7%) were male and 16 (or 53.3%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Mollymook Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

In Mollymook Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $265 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $6,500.