Kewarra Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,299 people in Kewarra Beach of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Kewarra Beach was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.0% of the population.

Of people in Kewarra Beach aged 15 years and over, 55.2% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kewarra Beach was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Kewarra Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kewarra Beach was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Kewarra Beach 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.2% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 17.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kewarra Beach were English 30.8%, Australian 25.4%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 7.5% and German 4.5%.

In Kewarra Beach, 70.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.9%, New Zealand 3.9%, Germany 1.2%, Japan 1.0% and South Africa 1.0%.

In Kewarra Beach, 51.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kewarra Beach were No Religion 29.5%, Catholic 23.4%, Anglican 21.1%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Kewarra Beach 88.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 1.2%, German 1.2%, French 0.7%, Italian 0.6% and Afrikaans 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,959 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kewarra Beach. Of these 58.8% were employed full time, 29.5% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kewarra Beach, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kewarra Beach was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Kewarra Beach included Professionals 18.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Managers 12.7%, Sales Workers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Labourers 9.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Kewarra Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.5%, Accommodation 5.4%, School Education 4.7%, Hospitals 4.6% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kewarra Beach was $677.

In Kewarra Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.4%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Bus 1.9%, Walked only 1.8% and Bicycle 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 73.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kewarra Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.7% provided care for children and 7.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.5% 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 Kewarra Beach, 29.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kewarra Beach, 44.4% were couple families with children, 40.7% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Kewarra Beach 13.9% of single parents were male and 86.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kewarra Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,171 and those without children was $1,996.

Employment status of couple families

In Kewarra Beach, of couple families with children, 25.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kewarra Beach, 89.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kewarra Beach, 93.3% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kewarra Beach, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 7.6% had 2 bedrooms and 44.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kewarra Beach, 23.7% were owned outright, 42.4% were owned with a mortgage and 32.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Kewarra Beach, of all households, 82.1% were family households, 14.5% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Kewarra Beach, 16.7% 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 Kewarra Beach, 33.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kewarra Beach, there were 141 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 70 (or 49.6%) were male and 71 (or 50.4%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Kewarra Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,329.

In Kewarra Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,961.