Clifton Beach (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,980 people in Clifton Beach (Qld) of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Clifton Beach (Qld) was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.2% of the population.

Of people in Clifton Beach (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 52.3% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Clifton Beach (Qld) was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Clifton Beach (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 52.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Clifton Beach (Qld) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Clifton Beach (Qld) 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.2% were in primary school, 18.1% in secondary school and 20.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Clifton Beach (Qld) were English 29.3%, Australian 25.8%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 6.6% and German 5.1%.

In Clifton Beach (Qld), 65.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.9%, New Zealand 3.8%, Germany 2.0%, United States of America 1.4% and South Africa 0.9%.

In Clifton Beach (Qld), 49.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Clifton Beach (Qld) were No Religion 30.4%, Catholic 21.0%, Anglican 19.6%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In Clifton Beach (Qld) 86.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 2.0%, Italian 0.7%, Japanese 0.7%, Afrikaans 0.5% and French 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,572 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Clifton Beach (Qld). Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 30.7% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Clifton Beach (Qld), 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Clifton Beach (Qld) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Clifton Beach (Qld) included Professionals 22.6%, Managers 13.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.5%, Sales Workers 12.2%, Labourers 7.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Clifton Beach (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Accommodation 5.1%, Hospitals 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Clifton Beach (Qld) was $665.

In Clifton Beach (Qld), 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 6.6%, Walked only 2.4%, Bicycle 1.9% and Bus 1.6%. On the day, 2.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Clifton Beach (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 77.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.4% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.5% 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 Clifton Beach (Qld), 31.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Clifton Beach (Qld), 34.4% were couple families with children, 50.6% were couple families without children and 14.1% were one parent families.

In Clifton Beach (Qld) 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Clifton Beach (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,197 and those without children was $2,006.

Employment status of couple families

In Clifton Beach (Qld), of couple families with children, 19.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 21.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Clifton Beach (Qld), 84.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clifton Beach (Qld), 66.9% were separate houses, 5.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 27.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Clifton Beach (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 23.7% had 2 bedrooms and 39.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clifton Beach (Qld), 27.1% were owned outright, 28.0% were owned with a mortgage and 42.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Clifton Beach (Qld), of all households, 76.0% were family households, 19.8% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Clifton Beach (Qld), 19.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.0% 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 Clifton Beach (Qld), 39.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Clifton Beach (Qld), there were 70 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 30 (or 42.9%) were male and 40 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Clifton Beach (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,138.

In Clifton Beach (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.