Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 533 people in Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW) of these 47.1% were male and 52.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW) was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.9% of the population.

Of people in Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW) aged 15 years and over, 54.5% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW) was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 39 years.

In Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 55.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW) was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW) 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.3% were in primary school, 17.9% in secondary school and 22.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW) were English 30.5%, Australian 24.7%, Irish 12.6%, Scottish 9.5% and German 3.2%.

In Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW), 80.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 1.9%, Ireland 1.1%, United States of America 0.8% and Austria 0.6%.

In Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW), 65.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW) were No Religion 33.0%, Anglican 26.0%, Catholic 19.4%, Uniting Church 2.8% and Christian, nfd 2.1%.

In Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW) 92.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Swedish 0.9%, Hungarian 0.8%, French 0.6%, Greek 0.6% and Japanese 0.6%.

Employment

There were 243 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW). Of these 47.3% were employed full time, 39.9% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW), 17.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW) was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW) included Professionals 38.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.7%, Managers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Sales Workers 6.6%, Labourers 3.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 6.2%, School Education 6.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Allied Health Services 4.0% and Residential Building Construction 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW) was $545.

In Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 49.6%, Train 4.8%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Train, car as driver 3.5% and Walked only 3.1%. On the day, 11.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 51.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 79.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.5% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.0% 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 Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW), 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW), 32.3% were couple families with children, 58.4% were couple families without children and 9.3% were one parent families.

In Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW) 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,107 and those without children was $1,916.

Employment status of couple families

In Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW), of couple families with children, 11.9% had both partners employed full-time, 6.3% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW), 52.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 47.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW), 98.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW), of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 23.9% had 2 bedrooms and 43.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW), 45.2% were owned outright, 27.6% were owned with a mortgage and 25.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW), of all households, 73.7% were family households, 26.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW), 26.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.4% 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 Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW), 43.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW), there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 33.3%) were male and 6 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 60 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 Pretty Beach (Gosford - NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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