Armstrong Beach (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 533 people in Armstrong Beach (L) of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Armstrong Beach (L) was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.2% of the population.

Of people in Armstrong Beach (L) aged 15 years and over, 60.0% were married and 17.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Armstrong Beach (L) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Armstrong Beach (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 62.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Armstrong Beach (L) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Armstrong Beach (L) 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.9% were in primary school, 17.4% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Armstrong Beach (L) were English 31.7%, Australian 31.1%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 6.6% and German 6.1%.

In Armstrong Beach (L), 83.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, New Zealand 2.1%, Netherlands 0.9%, Thailand 0.9% and Papua New Guinea 0.8%.

In Armstrong Beach (L), 80.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Armstrong Beach (L) were Anglican 23.0%, Catholic 22.0%, No Religion 18.6%, Uniting Church 11.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In Armstrong Beach (L) 90.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.9% and Burmese and Related Languages, nec 0.6%.

Employment

There were 248 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Armstrong Beach (L). Of these 73.4% were employed full time, 19.4% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Armstrong Beach (L), 5.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 65.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Armstrong Beach (L) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Armstrong Beach (L) included Machinery Operators And Drivers 27.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 25.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Labourers 8.9%, Professionals 5.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.1% and Managers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Armstrong Beach (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 15.3%, Rail Freight Transport 11.0%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 3.4%, Residential Care Services 3.4% and Automotive Repair and Maintenance 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Armstrong Beach (L) was $656.

In Armstrong Beach (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.6%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Motorbike/scooter 1.7%, Ferry 1.3% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Armstrong Beach (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% provided care for children and 7.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.7% 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 Armstrong Beach (L), 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Armstrong Beach (L), 32.3% were couple families with children, 59.6% were couple families without children and 8.1% were one parent families.

In Armstrong Beach (L) 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Armstrong Beach (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $2,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Armstrong Beach (L), of couple families with children, 20.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 20.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Armstrong Beach (L), 76.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Armstrong Beach (L), 95.2% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

In Armstrong Beach (L), of occupied private dwellings 4.8% had 1 bedroom, 17.6% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Armstrong Beach (L), 29.0% were owned outright, 41.4% were owned with a mortgage and 24.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Armstrong Beach (L), of all households, 84.0% were family households, 12.8% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Armstrong Beach (L), 16.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.4% 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 Armstrong Beach (L), 24.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Armstrong Beach (L), there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 31.6%) were male and 13 (or 68.4%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Armstrong Beach (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,833.

In Armstrong Beach (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $330 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.