Alexandra Headland

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,717 people in Alexandra Headland of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Alexandra Headland was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.6% of the population.

Of people in Alexandra Headland aged 15 years and over, 38.2% were married and 15.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Alexandra Headland was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Alexandra Headland, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Alexandra Headland was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Alexandra Headland 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.2% were in primary school, 16.4% in secondary school and 25.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Alexandra Headland were English 32.0%, Australian 24.3%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 8.9% and German 4.0%.

In Alexandra Headland, 71.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 7.5%, England 4.4%, South Africa 0.8%, India 0.8% and United States of America 0.7%.

In Alexandra Headland, 61.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Alexandra Headland were No Religion 26.2%, Catholic 22.3%, Anglican 18.3%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Alexandra Headland 88.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Swedish 0.3%, Japanese 0.3%, Korean 0.2% and French 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,110 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Alexandra Headland. Of these 56.0% were employed full time, 32.8% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Alexandra Headland, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Alexandra Headland was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Alexandra Headland included Professionals 22.9%, Managers 14.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Labourers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Alexandra Headland, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.3%, School Education 5.6%, Accommodation 3.8%, Residential Building Construction 3.1% and Hospitals 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Alexandra Headland was $648.

In Alexandra Headland, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.0%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Walked only 4.8%, Bus 1.5% and Bicycle 1.4%. On the day, 2.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Alexandra Headland, 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, 23.0% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.2% 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 Alexandra Headland, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Alexandra Headland, 31.5% were couple families with children, 50.5% were couple families without children and 15.9% were one parent families.

In Alexandra Headland 22.6% of single parents were male and 77.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Alexandra Headland, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,225 and those without children was $1,831.

Employment status of couple families

In Alexandra Headland, of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.6% had both employed part-time and 20.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Alexandra Headland, 77.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alexandra Headland, 39.3% were separate houses, 3.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 54.9% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Alexandra Headland, of occupied private dwellings 11.1% had 1 bedroom, 37.7% had 2 bedrooms and 27.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alexandra Headland, 26.4% were owned outright, 24.9% were owned with a mortgage and 45.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Alexandra Headland, of all households, 58.7% were family households, 32.3% were single person households and 9.0% were group households.

In Alexandra Headland, 22.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.0% 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 Alexandra Headland, 42.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Alexandra Headland, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 55.6%) were male and 8 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Alexandra Headland, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Alexandra Headland, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.