Kurrimine Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 605 people in Kurrimine Beach of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Kurrimine Beach was 54 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 26.3% of the population.

Of people in Kurrimine Beach aged 15 years and over, 58.2% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kurrimine Beach was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Kurrimine Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kurrimine Beach was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Kurrimine Beach 22.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.6% were in primary school, 23.9% in secondary school and 6.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kurrimine Beach were English 28.4%, Australian 25.8%, Italian 8.2%, Irish 7.8% and Scottish 6.8%.

In Kurrimine Beach, 85.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 1.6%, Philippines 0.8%, Spain 0.7% and Greece 0.5%.

In Kurrimine Beach, 68.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kurrimine Beach were Catholic 36.1%, Anglican 24.1%, No Religion 11.4%, Eastern Orthodox 6.4% and Uniting Church 5.3%.

In Kurrimine Beach 90.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.1%, Greek 1.5%, Maltese 0.7%, Cantonese 0.7% and Polish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 256 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kurrimine Beach. Of these 60.5% were employed full time, 26.6% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kurrimine Beach, 7.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kurrimine Beach was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Kurrimine Beach included Labourers 17.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Managers 13.5%, Professionals 12.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.6% and Sales Workers 8.6%.

Of the employed people in Kurrimine Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 9.8%, Other Crop Growing 6.9%, School Education 6.5%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 5.7% and Metal Ore Mining 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kurrimine Beach was $451.

In Kurrimine Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.5%, Walked only 6.9%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Truck 4.5% and Other 1.6%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kurrimine Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.6% provided care for children and 14.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.0% 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 Kurrimine Beach, 22.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kurrimine Beach, 21.3% were couple families with children, 63.5% were couple families without children and 15.2% were one parent families.

In Kurrimine Beach 41.7% of single parents were male and 58.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kurrimine Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,437 and those without children was $1,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Kurrimine Beach, of couple families with children, 17.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 9.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kurrimine Beach, 67.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 32.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kurrimine Beach, 90.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.5% were flats, units or apartments and 5.8% were other dwellings.

In Kurrimine Beach, of occupied private dwellings 8.5% had 1 bedroom, 17.7% had 2 bedrooms and 57.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kurrimine Beach, 52.1% were owned outright, 17.8% were owned with a mortgage and 26.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Kurrimine Beach, of all households, 67.4% were family households, 29.5% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Kurrimine Beach, 40.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.5% 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 Kurrimine Beach, 40.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kurrimine Beach, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 47.6%) were male and 11 (or 52.4%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Kurrimine Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,916.

In Kurrimine 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.