Maslin Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,131 people in Maslin Beach of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Maslin Beach was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.7% of the population.

Of people in Maslin Beach aged 15 years and over, 48.4% were married and 15.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Maslin Beach was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Maslin Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Maslin Beach was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Maslin Beach 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.8% were in primary school, 17.5% in secondary school and 16.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Maslin Beach were English 38.2%, Australian 23.9%, Scottish 6.5%, Irish 6.0% and German 5.1%.

In Maslin Beach, 65.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 16.9%, Germany 1.6%, Scotland 1.6%, New Zealand 0.9% and Ireland 0.7%.

In Maslin Beach, 47.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Maslin Beach were No Religion 40.0%, Anglican 15.3%, Catholic 10.8%, Uniting Church 4.2% and Lutheran 3.0%.

In Maslin Beach 89.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.2%, Hungarian 0.4%, Hebrew 0.4%, Vietnamese 0.4% and Tagalog 0.4%.

Employment

There were 601 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Maslin Beach. Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Maslin Beach, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Maslin Beach was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Maslin Beach included Professionals 18.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.7%, Labourers 12.6%, Managers 11.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Sales Workers 10.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Maslin Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.5%, School Education 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Residential Building Construction 3.4% and Building Completion Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Maslin Beach was $546.

In Maslin Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.5%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Truck 2.0%, Train 1.8% and Walked only 0.7%. On the day, 3.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Maslin Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.1% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.0% 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 Maslin Beach, 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Maslin Beach, 38.6% were couple families with children, 42.0% were couple families without children and 18.2% were one parent families.

In Maslin Beach 25.4% of single parents were male and 74.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Maslin Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,736 and those without children was $1,812.

Employment status of couple families

In Maslin Beach, of couple families with children, 20.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 25.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Maslin Beach, 85.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Maslin Beach, 97.5% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Maslin Beach, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.7% had 2 bedrooms and 57.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Maslin Beach, 32.6% were owned outright, 42.2% were owned with a mortgage and 23.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Maslin Beach, of all households, 72.0% were family households, 24.4% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Maslin Beach, 24.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.9% 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 Maslin Beach, 36.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Maslin Beach, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Maslin Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,583.

In Maslin Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $233 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $650.