Sellicks Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,339 people in Sellicks Beach of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Sellicks Beach was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.6% of the population.

Of people in Sellicks Beach aged 15 years and over, 42.1% were married and 15.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sellicks Beach was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Sellicks Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sellicks Beach was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Sellicks Beach 27.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.0% were in primary school, 22.2% in secondary school and 14.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sellicks Beach were English 38.1%, Australian 26.8%, Scottish 6.8%, Irish 6.4% and German 4.9%.

In Sellicks Beach, 71.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 15.2%, Scotland 1.1%, New Zealand 0.8%, Greece 0.6% and Germany 0.6%.

In Sellicks Beach, 52.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sellicks Beach were No Religion 43.6%, Anglican 14.5%, Catholic 11.6%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Lutheran 2.4%.

In Sellicks Beach 91.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.2%, Italian 0.9%, German 0.4%, Polish 0.3% and Mandarin 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,195 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sellicks Beach. Of these 51.3% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 8.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sellicks Beach, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sellicks Beach was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Sellicks Beach included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.7%, Labourers 14.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Professionals 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.9%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Managers 8.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Sellicks Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 4.3%, Beverage Manufacturing 3.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5%, Hospitals 3.0% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sellicks Beach was $503.

In Sellicks Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.6%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Truck 1.4%, Other 1.2% and Walked only 1.1%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sellicks Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.6% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.1% 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 Sellicks Beach, 31.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sellicks Beach, 38.6% were couple families with children, 41.1% were couple families without children and 19.7% were one parent families.

In Sellicks Beach 18.0% of single parents were male and 82.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sellicks Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,701 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Sellicks Beach, of couple families with children, 17.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 25.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sellicks Beach, 73.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sellicks Beach, 97.1% were separate houses, 1.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Sellicks Beach, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 15.6% had 2 bedrooms and 52.8% 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 Sellicks Beach, 24.2% were owned outright, 50.5% were owned with a mortgage and 22.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Sellicks Beach, of all households, 71.8% were family households, 24.8% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Sellicks Beach, 28.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Sellicks Beach, 34.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sellicks Beach, there were 34 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 58.8%) were male and 14 (or 41.2%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Sellicks Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,042.

In Sellicks Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,718.