Pelican Waters

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,046 people in Pelican Waters of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Pelican Waters was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.9% of the population.

Of people in Pelican Waters aged 15 years and over, 72.1% were married and 7.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pelican Waters was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Pelican Waters, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pelican Waters was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Pelican Waters 24.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.7% were in primary school, 24.9% in secondary school and 11.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pelican Waters were English 34.9%, Australian 28.5%, Scottish 8.2%, Irish 7.8% and German 4.0%.

In Pelican Waters, 71.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.0%, New Zealand 5.8%, South Africa 1.5%, Scotland 1.0% and Netherlands 0.8%.

In Pelican Waters, 57.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pelican Waters were Anglican 27.6%, Catholic 23.3%, No Religion 19.1%, Uniting Church 8.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Pelican Waters 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.5%, Dutch 0.3%, German 0.3%, Cantonese 0.3% and Finnish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,195 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pelican Waters. Of these 53.8% were employed full time, 34.3% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pelican Waters, 13.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pelican Waters was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Pelican Waters included Professionals 20.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.0%, Managers 15.4%, Sales Workers 13.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Labourers 6.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Pelican Waters, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Residential Building Construction 4.1%, Hospitals 3.6% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pelican Waters was $553.

In Pelican Waters, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.3%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Other 1.2%, Walked only 1.1% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pelican Waters, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.1% 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 Pelican Waters, 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pelican Waters, 39.0% were couple families with children, 54.4% were couple families without children and 6.0% were one parent families.

In Pelican Waters 13.0% of single parents were male and 87.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pelican Waters, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,344 and those without children was $2,080.

Employment status of couple families

In Pelican Waters, of couple families with children, 13.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 17.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pelican Waters, 88.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pelican Waters, 90.4% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Pelican Waters, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 4.1% had 2 bedrooms and 24.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pelican Waters, 47.3% were owned outright, 34.9% were owned with a mortgage and 16.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Pelican Waters, of all households, 87.6% were family households, 11.1% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Pelican Waters, 18.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.8% 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 Pelican Waters, 31.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pelican Waters, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 34.8%) were male and 15 (or 65.2%) were female. The median age was 6 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 Pelican Waters, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,083.

In Pelican Waters, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.