Palm Beach (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,596 people in Palm Beach (NSW) of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Palm Beach (NSW) was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 28.5% of the population.

Of people in Palm Beach (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 58.0% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Palm Beach (NSW) was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Palm Beach (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Palm Beach (NSW) was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Palm Beach (NSW) 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.0% were in primary school, 17.8% in secondary school and 18.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Palm Beach (NSW) were English 31.5%, Australian 25.0%, Irish 10.7%, Scottish 9.7% and German 2.8%.

In Palm Beach (NSW), 73.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.8%, New Zealand 2.1%, United States of America 1.5%, South Africa 1.0% and Canada 0.6%.

In Palm Beach (NSW), 57.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Palm Beach (NSW) were Anglican 30.6%, No Religion 26.7%, Catholic 19.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4% and Uniting Church 3.4%.

In Palm Beach (NSW) 88.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 1.1%, German 0.9%, Spanish 0.8%, Italian 0.7% and Danish 0.4%.

Employment

There were 775 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Palm Beach (NSW). Of these 50.6% were employed full time, 39.6% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Palm Beach (NSW), 15.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Palm Beach (NSW) was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Palm Beach (NSW) included Professionals 32.0%, Managers 21.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.2%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1%, Labourers 4.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.2%.

Of the employed people in Palm Beach (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 4.0%, Residential Building Construction 3.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, School Education 3.4% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Palm Beach (NSW) was $890.

In Palm Beach (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.7%, Bus 5.0%, Walked only 4.6%, Car, as passenger 4.2% and Other 0.8%. On the day, 6.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Palm Beach (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 74.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.0% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.8% 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 Palm Beach (NSW), 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Palm Beach (NSW), 35.9% were couple families with children, 52.8% were couple families without children and 10.6% were one parent families.

In Palm Beach (NSW) 19.1% of single parents were male and 80.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Palm Beach (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,531 and those without children was $2,461.

Employment status of couple families

In Palm Beach (NSW), of couple families with children, 12.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Palm Beach (NSW), 55.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 44.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Palm Beach (NSW), 76.0% were separate houses, 18.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Palm Beach (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 16.4% had 2 bedrooms and 37.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Palm Beach (NSW), 48.0% were owned outright, 22.5% were owned with a mortgage and 25.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Palm Beach (NSW), of all households, 72.5% were family households, 25.6% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Palm Beach (NSW), 15.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.3% 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 Palm Beach (NSW), 35.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Palm Beach (NSW), there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 62.5%) were male and 3 (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 Palm Beach (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,750.

In Palm Beach (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $780 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.