Pacific Paradise

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,169 people in Pacific Paradise of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Pacific Paradise was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.7% of the population.

Of people in Pacific Paradise aged 15 years and over, 40.0% were married and 18.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pacific Paradise was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Pacific Paradise, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pacific Paradise was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Pacific Paradise 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.9% were in primary school, 19.7% in secondary school and 17.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pacific Paradise were English 32.7%, Australian 28.0%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 8.2% and German 5.4%.

In Pacific Paradise, 79.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.2%, England 4.5%, South Africa 0.9%, Germany 0.7% and India 0.6%.

In Pacific Paradise, 64.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pacific Paradise were No Religion 29.8%, Catholic 20.0%, Anglican 18.4%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Christian, nfd 3.5%.

In Pacific Paradise 93.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.6%, Gujarati 0.4%, Italian 0.3%, Vietnamese 0.3% and French 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,085 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pacific Paradise. Of these 51.5% were employed full time, 34.7% were employed part-time and 8.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pacific Paradise, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pacific Paradise was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Pacific Paradise included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.3%, Professionals 12.2%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Labourers 11.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Managers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Pacific Paradise, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Accommodation 4.3%, School Education 4.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5% and Hospitals 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pacific Paradise was $512.

In Pacific Paradise, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.6%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Walked only 3.1%, Bus 2.4% and Other 1.3%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pacific Paradise, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.0% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.1% 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 Pacific Paradise, 28.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pacific Paradise, 40.1% were couple families with children, 32.1% were couple families without children and 26.0% were one parent families.

In Pacific Paradise 19.7% of single parents were male and 80.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pacific Paradise, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,712 and those without children was $1,471.

Employment status of couple families

In Pacific Paradise, of couple families with children, 15.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.6% had both employed part-time and 20.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pacific Paradise, 91.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pacific Paradise, 68.8% were separate houses, 17.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Pacific Paradise, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 28.5% had 2 bedrooms and 49.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pacific Paradise, 20.1% were owned outright, 40.8% were owned with a mortgage and 35.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Pacific Paradise, of all households, 68.4% were family households, 26.7% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Pacific Paradise, 26.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.7% 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 Pacific Paradise, 43.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pacific Paradise, there were 39 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 21 (or 53.8%) were male and 18 (or 46.2%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Pacific Paradise, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Pacific Paradise, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $340 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,800.