Trinity Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,734 people in Trinity Beach of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Trinity Beach was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.8% of the population.

Of people in Trinity Beach aged 15 years and over, 43.8% were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Trinity Beach was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Trinity Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Trinity Beach was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Trinity Beach 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.7% were in primary school, 18.7% in secondary school and 20.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Trinity Beach were English 29.2%, Australian 24.2%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 7.2% and German 4.9%.

In Trinity Beach, 67.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.5%, New Zealand 4.7%, Germany 1.5%, Papua New Guinea 1.4% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Trinity Beach, 53.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Trinity Beach were No Religion 29.5%, Catholic 23.1%, Anglican 18.0%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In Trinity Beach 84.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.5%, Italian 0.7%, French 0.6%, Japanese 0.5% and Spanish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,626 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Trinity Beach. Of these 59.5% were employed full time, 29.1% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Trinity Beach, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Trinity Beach was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Trinity Beach included Professionals 19.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Sales Workers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Managers 11.4%, Labourers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Trinity Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.4%, Accommodation 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Hospitals 4.3% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Trinity Beach was $643.

In Trinity Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.8%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Walked only 3.0%, Bus 2.9% and Other 1.3%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Trinity Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.6% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.0% 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 Trinity Beach, 30.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Trinity Beach, 38.3% were couple families with children, 42.4% were couple families without children and 18.2% were one parent families.

In Trinity Beach 17.1% of single parents were male and 82.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Trinity Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,233 and those without children was $1,960.

Employment status of couple families

In Trinity Beach, of couple families with children, 24.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 19.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Trinity Beach, 88.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Trinity Beach, 59.8% were separate houses, 12.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 27.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Trinity Beach, of occupied private dwellings 4.9% had 1 bedroom, 29.6% had 2 bedrooms and 35.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Trinity Beach, 21.6% were owned outright, 32.0% were owned with a mortgage and 44.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Trinity Beach, of all households, 68.1% were family households, 28.1% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Trinity Beach, 23.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.8% 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 Trinity Beach, 42.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Trinity Beach, there were 126 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 63 (or 50.0%) were male and 63 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Trinity Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,392.

In Trinity Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,384.