Sunrise Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,448 people in Sunrise Beach of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Sunrise Beach was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Sunrise Beach aged 15 years and over, 45.7% were married and 16.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sunrise Beach was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Sunrise Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sunrise Beach was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Sunrise Beach 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.6% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 17.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sunrise Beach were English 31.9%, Australian 25.9%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 8.1% and German 4.3%.

In Sunrise Beach, 71.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.8%, New Zealand 5.7%, Scotland 1.1%, United States of America 0.9% and Canada 0.7%.

In Sunrise Beach, 56.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sunrise Beach were No Religion 33.2%, Catholic 22.7%, Anglican 18.9%, Uniting Church 3.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Sunrise Beach 90.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 0.6%, Italian 0.6%, German 0.6%, Spanish 0.4% and Japanese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,876 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sunrise Beach. Of these 48.6% were employed full time, 38.1% were employed part-time and 7.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sunrise Beach, 14.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.5% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Sunrise Beach included Professionals 18.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.7%, Sales Workers 14.3%, Managers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Labourers 8.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Sunrise Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 8.7%, School Education 5.4%, Accommodation 4.3%, Residential Building Construction 3.9% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sunrise Beach was $571.

In Sunrise Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.5%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Walked only 2.5%, Bus 2.0% and Motorbike/scooter 1.3%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sunrise Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.9% 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 Sunrise Beach, 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sunrise Beach, 41.3% were couple families with children, 36.9% were couple families without children and 20.9% were one parent families.

In Sunrise Beach 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sunrise Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,963 and those without children was $1,860.

Employment status of couple families

In Sunrise Beach, of couple families with children, 16.5% had both partners employed full-time, 9.7% had both employed part-time and 22.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sunrise Beach, 82.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sunrise Beach, 68.2% were separate houses, 27.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Sunrise Beach, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 22.1% had 2 bedrooms and 47.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sunrise Beach, 25.9% were owned outright, 35.8% were owned with a mortgage and 36.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Sunrise Beach, of all households, 71.2% were family households, 23.1% were single person households and 5.7% were group households.

In Sunrise Beach, 24.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.4% 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 Sunrise Beach, 40.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sunrise Beach, there were 40 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 35.0%) were male and 26 (or 65.0%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Sunrise Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Sunrise Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $380 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.