Pearl Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 513 people in Pearl Beach of these 46.6% were male and 53.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Pearl Beach was 62 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 42.2% of the population.

Of people in Pearl Beach aged 15 years and over, 55.5% were married and 17.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pearl Beach was 66 years and the median age of people never married was 39 years.

In Pearl Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.5% 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 Pearl Beach was 66 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Pearl Beach 23.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.9% were in primary school, 10.7% in secondary school and 20.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pearl Beach were English 35.3%, Australian 20.5%, Scottish 10.2%, Irish 8.0% and German 1.9%.

In Pearl Beach, 62.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.0%, New Zealand 3.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.8%, Netherlands 1.4% and South Africa 1.0%.

In Pearl Beach, 51.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pearl Beach were No Religion 29.8%, Anglican 23.2%, Catholic 12.9%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Pearl Beach 80.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Russian 1.8%, German 1.0%, Italian 0.8%, Latvian 0.8% and Arabic 0.8%.

Employment

There were 173 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pearl Beach. Of these 42.2% were employed full time, 50.9% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pearl Beach, 20.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pearl Beach was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 55 years.

The most common occupations in Pearl Beach included Professionals 41.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.5%, Managers 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.6%, Sales Workers 6.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.0%, Labourers 2.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Pearl Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 7.8%, School Education 5.4%, Tertiary Education 5.4%, Adult, Community and Other Education 5.4% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pearl Beach was $595.

In Pearl Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 43.1%, Train 6.6%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Train, car as driver 3.6% and Bus 1.8%. On the day, 16.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 46.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pearl Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.0% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.2% 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 Pearl Beach, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pearl Beach, 19.4% were couple families with children, 68.2% were couple families without children and 12.4% were one parent families.

In Pearl Beach 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pearl Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $2,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Pearl Beach, of couple families with children, 6.1% had both partners employed full-time, 12.2% had both employed part-time and 9.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pearl Beach, 34.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 66.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pearl Beach, 95.2% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Pearl Beach, of occupied private dwellings 4.8% had 1 bedroom, 22.7% had 2 bedrooms and 43.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pearl Beach, 63.2% were owned outright, 14.4% were owned with a mortgage and 20.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Pearl Beach, of all households, 60.1% were family households, 37.5% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Pearl Beach, 29.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.0% 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 Pearl Beach, 54.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pearl Beach, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 57.1%) were male and 3 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 46 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 Pearl Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Pearl Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $345 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,166.