Picnic Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,608 people in Picnic Point of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Picnic Point was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in Picnic Point aged 15 years and over, 60.1% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Picnic Point was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Picnic Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Picnic Point was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Picnic Point 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.4% were in primary school, 24.8% in secondary school and 21.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Picnic Point were Australian 27.8%, English 23.5%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 5.7% and Greek 4.2%.

In Picnic Point, 81.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.9%, Lebanon 1.2%, New Zealand 1.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.1% and Italy 0.8%.

In Picnic Point, 57.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Picnic Point were Catholic 35.0%, Anglican 23.8%, No Religion 10.8%, Eastern Orthodox 8.1% and Uniting Church 3.7%.

In Picnic Point 80.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 3.6%, Arabic 3.6%, Italian 1.2%, Vietnamese 1.1% and Cantonese 1.1%.

Employment

There were 3,012 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Picnic Point. Of these 60.9% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Picnic Point, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Picnic Point was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Picnic Point included Clerical and Administrative Workers 23.2%, Professionals 20.5%, Managers 15.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Sales Workers 7.6%, Labourers 4.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Picnic Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.4%, Building Installation Services 3.3%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.8% and Hospitals 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Picnic Point was $676.

In Picnic Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.5%, Train 8.4%, Car, as passenger 3.2%, Train, car as driver 3.0% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 14.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Picnic Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.1% provided care for children and 14.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.5% 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 Picnic Point, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Picnic Point, 53.0% were couple families with children, 34.1% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Picnic Point 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Picnic Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,726 and those without children was $2,366.

Employment status of couple families

In Picnic Point, of couple families with children, 23.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 26.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Picnic Point, 95.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Picnic Point, 81.5% were separate houses, 18.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Picnic Point, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 6.8% had 2 bedrooms and 48.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Picnic Point, 43.8% were owned outright, 41.7% were owned with a mortgage and 12.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Picnic Point, of all households, 82.9% were family households, 15.7% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Picnic Point, 16.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.2% 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 Picnic Point, 29.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Picnic Point, there were 34 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 52.9%) were male and 16 (or 47.1%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Picnic Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,399.

In Picnic Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,100.