Airlie Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 909 people in Airlie Beach of these 56.8% were male and 43.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Airlie Beach was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.6% of the population.

Of people in Airlie Beach aged 15 years and over, 30.2% were married and 15.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Airlie Beach was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Airlie Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 31.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 22.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Airlie Beach was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Airlie Beach 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 8.6% were in primary school, 6.7% in secondary school and 13.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Airlie Beach were English 28.9%, Australian 20.8%, Irish 7.2%, Scottish 6.1% and German 3.6%.

In Airlie Beach, 53.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.9%, New Zealand 6.6%, United States of America 2.1%, Germany 1.5% and France 1.2%.

In Airlie Beach, 49.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Airlie Beach were No Religion 30.1%, Catholic 20.2%, Anglican 14.8%, Uniting Church 4.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.9%.

In Airlie Beach 73.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 1.3%, German 1.0%, Polish 0.8%, Swedish 0.7% and Tagalog 0.4%.

Employment

There were 533 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Airlie Beach. Of these 66.8% were employed full time, 22.1% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Airlie Beach, 3.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Airlie Beach was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Airlie Beach included Managers 18.4%, Professionals 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.3%, Labourers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Airlie Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 17.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.1%, Scenic and Sightseeing Transport 5.9%, Coal Mining 3.8% and Travel Agency and Tour Arrangement Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Airlie Beach was $700.

In Airlie Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 42.4%, Walked only 19.7%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Other 4.1% and Ferry 2.0%. On the day, 5.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 47.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Airlie Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 11.8% provided care for children and 4.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.5% 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 Airlie Beach, 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Airlie Beach, 21.3% were couple families with children, 70.1% were couple families without children and 8.5% were one parent families.

In Airlie Beach 35.7% of single parents were male and 64.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Airlie Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,208 and those without children was $1,673.

Employment status of couple families

In Airlie Beach, of couple families with children, 35.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 17.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Airlie Beach, 74.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Airlie Beach, 31.2% were separate houses, 6.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 54.6% were flats, units or apartments and 6.6% were other dwellings.

In Airlie Beach, of occupied private dwellings 20.0% had 1 bedroom, 37.1% had 2 bedrooms and 27.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Airlie Beach, 19.3% were owned outright, 19.6% were owned with a mortgage and 57.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Airlie Beach, of all households, 53.0% were family households, 37.0% were single person households and 10.0% were group households.

In Airlie Beach, 20.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.4% 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 Airlie Beach, 44.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Airlie Beach, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Airlie Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Airlie Beach, 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.