Ocean Beach (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 707 people in Ocean Beach (L) of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Ocean Beach (L) was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.3% of the population.

Of people in Ocean Beach (L) aged 15 years and over, 58.1% were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ocean Beach (L) was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Ocean Beach (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 55.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ocean Beach (L) was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Ocean Beach (L) 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.4% were in primary school, 24.7% in secondary school and 16.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ocean Beach (L) were English 38.5%, Australian 26.5%, Scottish 8.9%, Irish 7.1% and German 3.5%.

In Ocean Beach (L), 75.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.0%, New Zealand 2.1%, Scotland 1.1%, Netherlands 0.8% and Canada 0.7%.

In Ocean Beach (L), 52.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ocean Beach (L) were No Religion 44.2%, Anglican 18.5%, Catholic 11.6%, Christian, nfd 3.4% and Uniting Church 3.4%.

In Ocean Beach (L) 94.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, Dutch 0.7%, Italian 0.6%, Bisaya 0.6% and Swedish 0.4%.

Employment

There were 326 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ocean Beach (L). Of these 41.7% were employed full time, 46.3% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ocean Beach (L), 16.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 17.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ocean Beach (L) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Ocean Beach (L) included Professionals 24.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Managers 13.7%, Labourers 11.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.9%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Ocean Beach (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.1%, Hospitals 4.5%, Building Completion Services 4.1% and Local Government Administration 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ocean Beach (L) was $517.

In Ocean Beach (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.0%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Bus 1.0%, Truck 1.0% and Motorbike/scooter 1.0%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ocean Beach (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 82.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.9% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.2% 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 Ocean Beach (L), 30.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ocean Beach (L), 38.9% were couple families with children, 47.2% were couple families without children and 14.0% were one parent families.

In Ocean Beach (L) 37.0% of single parents were male and 63.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ocean Beach (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,071 and those without children was $1,916.

Employment status of couple families

In Ocean Beach (L), of couple families with children, 12.0% had both partners employed full-time, 13.9% had both employed part-time and 15.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ocean Beach (L), 67.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 33.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ocean Beach (L), 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 Ocean Beach (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 17.9% had 2 bedrooms and 49.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ocean Beach (L), 43.7% were owned outright, 30.2% were owned with a mortgage and 23.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Ocean Beach (L), of all households, 76.6% were family households, 21.4% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Ocean Beach (L), 28.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.4% 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 Ocean Beach (L), 32.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ocean Beach (L), there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 5 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 Ocean Beach (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Ocean Beach (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,584.