Peppermint Grove Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 385 people in Peppermint Grove Beach of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Peppermint Grove Beach was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.9% of the population.

Of people in Peppermint Grove Beach aged 15 years and over, 54.6% were married and 15.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Peppermint Grove Beach was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Peppermint Grove Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.2% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In Peppermint Grove Beach 25.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.7% were in primary school, 23.2% in secondary school and 12.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Peppermint Grove Beach were English 36.6%, Australian 27.2%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 7.9% and Italian 2.8%.

In Peppermint Grove Beach, 73.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.6%, South Africa 3.9%, New Zealand 2.1%, United States of America 1.3% and Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 0.8%.

In Peppermint Grove Beach, 60.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Peppermint Grove Beach were No Religion 34.9%, Anglican 23.2%, Catholic 19.8%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Peppermint Grove Beach 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 1.3%, German 0.8%, Italian 0.8% and Auslan 0.8%.

Employment

There were 207 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Peppermint Grove Beach. Of these 59.4% were employed full time, 26.1% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Peppermint Grove Beach, 6.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Peppermint Grove Beach was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Peppermint Grove Beach included Professionals 27.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.6%, Managers 10.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.6%, Labourers 8.6% and Sales Workers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Peppermint Grove Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 12.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Hospitals 3.5% and Automotive Repair and Maintenance 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Peppermint Grove Beach was $678.

In Peppermint Grove Beach, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 74.4%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Train, car as driver 1.5% and Walked only 1.5%. 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 75.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Peppermint Grove Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.9% provided care for children and 7.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.7% 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 Peppermint Grove Beach, 32.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Peppermint Grove Beach, 29.2% were couple families with children, 55.0% were couple families without children and 15.8% were one parent families.

In Peppermint Grove Beach 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Peppermint Grove Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,125 and those without children was $1,937.

Employment status of couple families

In Peppermint Grove Beach, of couple families with children, 19.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.8% had both employed part-time and 19.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Peppermint Grove Beach, 47.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 52.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Peppermint Grove 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 Peppermint Grove Beach, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 6.1% had 2 bedrooms and 42.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Peppermint Grove Beach, 32.4% were owned outright, 31.0% were owned with a mortgage and 36.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Peppermint Grove Beach, of all households, 79.7% were family households, 18.2% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Peppermint Grove Beach, 18.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.1% 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 Peppermint Grove Beach, 24.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 53.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Peppermint Grove Beach, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 41.7%) were male and 7 (or 58.3%) were female. The median age was 47 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 Peppermint Grove Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Peppermint Grove Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $275 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.