Island Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 319 people in Island Beach of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Island Beach was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.1% of the population.

Of people in Island Beach aged 15 years and over, 60.8% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Island Beach was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 49 years.

In Island Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Island Beach was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Island Beach 23.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.5% were in primary school, 14.9% in secondary school and 9.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Island Beach were English 39.6%, Australian 31.6%, Scottish 8.0%, German 5.4% and Irish 4.9%.

In Island Beach, 76.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.8%, Scotland 1.9%, New Zealand 1.6%, Vietnam 1.6% and Ireland 1.2%.

In Island Beach, 67.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Island Beach were No Religion 41.6%, Anglican 17.8%, Uniting Church 9.4%, Catholic 8.1% and Lutheran 5.3%.

In Island Beach 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Vietnamese 1.2%.

Employment

There were 160 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Island Beach. Of these 38.1% were employed full time, 46.2% were employed part-time and 1.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Island Beach, 18.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 31.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Island Beach was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Island Beach included Managers 29.0%, Professionals 14.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.9%, Labourers 9.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.1% and Sales Workers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Island Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 18.8%, Accommodation 11.7%, School Education 6.5%, Road Freight Transport 4.5% and Water Passenger Transport 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Island Beach was $423.

In Island Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.2%, Walked only 5.8%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Truck 3.9% and Motorbike/scooter 1.9%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 47.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Island Beach, 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, 25.5% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 39.6% 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 Island Beach, 29.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Island Beach, 25.3% were couple families with children, 61.1% were couple families without children and 10.5% were one parent families.

In Island Beach 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Island Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,075 and those without children was $733.

Employment status of couple families

In Island Beach, of couple families with children, 11.9% had both partners employed full-time, 21.4% had both employed part-time and 16.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Island Beach, 39.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 60.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Island Beach, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Island Beach, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 25.6% had 2 bedrooms and 47.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Island Beach, 47.7% were owned outright, 34.6% were owned with a mortgage and 14.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Island Beach, of all households, 70.8% were family households, 26.9% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Island Beach, 39.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.6% 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 Island Beach, 38.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Island Beach, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Island Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Island 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.