Point Clare

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,810 people in Point Clare of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Point Clare was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.5% of the population.

Of people in Point Clare aged 15 years and over, 49.2% were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Point Clare was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Point Clare, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Point Clare was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Point Clare 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.1% were in primary school, 21.3% in secondary school and 18.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Point Clare were English 32.0%, Australian 28.5%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 7.6% and German 2.5%.

In Point Clare, 75.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.9%, New Zealand 2.3%, South Africa 1.1%, Ireland 0.8% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Point Clare, 57.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Point Clare were Catholic 25.4%, Anglican 25.4%, No Religion 18.7%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Point Clare 89.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 0.6%, Spanish 0.4%, Mandarin 0.4%, German 0.4% and Hindi 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,659 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Point Clare. Of these 55.8% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Point Clare, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.4% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Point Clare included Professionals 23.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Managers 11.0%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Labourers 7.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Point Clare, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.3%, School Education 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Residential Care Services 3.6% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Point Clare was $516.

In Point Clare, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.8%, Train 8.6%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Train, car as driver 2.2% and Walked only 2.2%. On the day, 15.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Point Clare, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.5% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.0% 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 Point Clare, 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Point Clare, 46.2% were couple families with children, 36.8% were couple families without children and 15.9% were one parent families.

In Point Clare 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Point Clare, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,287 and those without children was $2,027.

Employment status of couple families

In Point Clare, of couple families with children, 15.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 25.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Point Clare, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Point Clare, 83.4% were separate houses, 9.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Point Clare, of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 16.3% had 2 bedrooms and 43.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Point Clare, 37.8% were owned outright, 37.2% were owned with a mortgage and 22.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Point Clare, of all households, 69.4% were family households, 28.0% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Point Clare, 29.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.2% 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 Point Clare, 39.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Point Clare, there were 48 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 29.2%) were male and 34 (or 70.8%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Point Clare, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Point Clare, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $213 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,532.