South Golden Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 749 people in South Golden Beach of these 46.3% were male and 53.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in South Golden Beach was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.5% of the population.

Of people in South Golden Beach aged 15 years and over, 29.1% were married and 23.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Golden Beach was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In South Golden Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 30.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Golden Beach was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In South Golden Beach 36.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 27.3% in secondary school and 21.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Golden Beach were English 30.8%, Australian 26.6%, Irish 12.5%, Scottish 7.8% and German 4.4%.

In South Golden Beach, 79.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, New Zealand 3.3%, Israel 1.1%, United States of America 1.1% and Germany 0.7%.

In South Golden Beach, 63.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Golden Beach were No Religion 49.1%, Catholic 12.6%, Anglican 8.7%, Buddhism 3.6% and Uniting Church 2.3%.

In South Golden Beach 94.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hebrew 0.7%, Indonesian 0.5%, German 0.4%, Portuguese 0.4% and Auslan 0.4%.

Employment

There were 354 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Golden Beach. Of these 40.1% were employed full time, 42.9% were employed part-time and 11.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Golden Beach, 20.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 29.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Golden Beach was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in South Golden Beach included Professionals 25.2%, Labourers 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Managers 9.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in South Golden Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.3%, School Education 7.0%, Residential Building Construction 5.1%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.1% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Golden Beach was $495.

In South Golden Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.4%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Truck 1.3%, Other 1.3% and Train 1.0%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Golden Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 42.4% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.4% 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 South Golden Beach, 28.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Golden Beach, 40.6% were couple families with children, 24.5% were couple families without children and 34.9% were one parent families.

In South Golden Beach 11.8% of single parents were male and 88.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Golden Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,523 and those without children was $2,700.

Employment status of couple families

In South Golden Beach, of couple families with children, 11.5% had both partners employed full-time, 8.2% had both employed part-time and 27.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Golden Beach, 77.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Golden Beach, 86.5% were separate houses, 4.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In South Golden Beach, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 25.8% had 2 bedrooms and 49.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Golden Beach, 20.0% were owned outright, 36.6% were owned with a mortgage and 41.4% were rented.

Household composition

In South Golden Beach, of all households, 66.4% were family households, 27.6% were single person households and 5.9% were group households.

In South Golden Beach, 34.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 South Golden Beach, 45.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Golden Beach, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 50.0%) were male and 6 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 30 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 South Golden Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,218.

In South Golden Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $325 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.