Spring Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 358 people in Spring Beach of these 53.9% were male and 46.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Spring Beach was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.9% of the population.

Of people in Spring Beach aged 15 years and over, 54.2% were married and 16.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Spring Beach was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Spring Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Spring Beach was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Spring Beach 17.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 20.6% in secondary school and 19.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Spring Beach were English 39.4%, Australian 37.2%, Scottish 6.0%, Irish 5.4% and German 3.0%.

In Spring Beach, 84.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, South Africa 1.4%, Canada 0.8%, Italy 0.8% and New Zealand 0.8%.

In Spring Beach, 80.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Spring Beach were Anglican 48.3%, No Religion 23.6%, Catholic 13.2%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1% and Uniting Church 2.0%.

In Spring Beach 96.9% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 172 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Spring Beach. Of these 56.4% were employed full time, 32.0% were employed part-time and 8.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Spring Beach, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Spring Beach was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Spring Beach included Managers 23.7%, Professionals 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.6%, Sales Workers 7.7%, Labourers 7.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Spring Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 16.8%, Local Government Administration 7.1%, School Education 5.8%, State Government Administration 5.2% and Aquaculture 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Spring Beach was $464.

In Spring Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.0%, Walked only 10.3%, Car, as passenger 3.2%, Bus 1.9% and Truck 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 53.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Spring Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.0% provided care for children and 16.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.8% 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 Spring Beach, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Spring Beach, 26.9% were couple families with children, 59.3% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families.

In Spring Beach 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Spring Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,437 and those without children was $1,354.

Employment status of couple families

In Spring Beach, of couple families with children, 20.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 15.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Spring Beach, 41.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 58.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Spring 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 Spring Beach, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 19.0% had 2 bedrooms and 51.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Spring Beach, 50.0% were owned outright, 26.0% were owned with a mortgage and 19.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Spring Beach, of all households, 73.6% were family households, 24.3% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Spring Beach, 37.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.0% 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 Spring Beach, 27.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Spring Beach, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 70.0%) were male and 3 (or 30.0%) were female. The median age was 9 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 Spring Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Spring Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.