Old Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,169 people in Old Beach of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Old Beach was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.6% of the population.

Of people in Old Beach aged 15 years and over, 55.5% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Old Beach was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Old Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Old Beach was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Old Beach 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.6% were in primary school, 24.8% in secondary school and 19.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Old Beach were Australian 35.6%, English 34.2%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 5.5% and German 2.5%.

In Old Beach, 87.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 1.2%, Germany 0.5%, Poland 0.4% and Singapore 0.4%.

In Old Beach, 77.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Old Beach were Anglican 31.9%, Catholic 25.4%, No Religion 22.2%, Uniting Church 3.2% and Christian, nfd 1.8%.

In Old Beach 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.8%, Italian 0.6%, Polish 0.5%, Mandarin 0.4% and Dutch 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,762 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Old Beach. Of these 62.5% were employed full time, 29.0% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Old Beach, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Old Beach was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Old Beach included Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Professionals 12.4%, Sales Workers 12.2%, Managers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Labourers 7.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Old Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.0%, State Government Administration 3.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Old Beach was $644.

In Old Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.8%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Bus 1.9%, Truck 0.7% and Motorbike/scooter 0.6%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Old Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.8% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.3% 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 Old Beach, 31.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Old Beach, 47.7% were couple families with children, 41.2% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

In Old Beach 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Old Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,023 and those without children was $1,950.

Employment status of couple families

In Old Beach, of couple families with children, 27.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 27.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Old Beach, 92.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Old Beach, 96.2% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Old Beach, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 8.3% had 2 bedrooms and 59.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Old Beach, 28.5% were owned outright, 58.2% were owned with a mortgage and 12.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Old Beach, of all households, 85.3% were family households, 13.3% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Old Beach, 13.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.0% 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 Old Beach, 22.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Old Beach, there were 71 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 31 (or 43.7%) were male and 40 (or 56.3%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Old Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,625.

In Old Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $285 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,896.