Beauty Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,205 people in Beauty Point of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Beauty Point was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.0% of the population.

Of people in Beauty Point aged 15 years and over, 52.4% were married and 15.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Beauty Point was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Beauty Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Beauty Point was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Beauty Point 22.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.8% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 24.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Beauty Point were English 38.0%, Australian 34.8%, Scottish 6.3%, Irish 6.0% and German 3.5%.

In Beauty Point, 85.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, New Zealand 1.3%, Netherlands 0.9%, Scotland 0.8% and Germany 0.7%.

In Beauty Point, 77.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Beauty Point were Anglican 30.1%, No Religion 26.7%, Catholic 13.0%, Uniting Church 8.4% and Christian, nfd 3.2%.

In Beauty Point 95.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.2%, Greek 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, Thai 0.2% and Auslan 0.2%.

Employment

There were 462 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Beauty Point. Of these 46.3% were employed full time, 37.2% were employed part-time and 8.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Beauty Point, 15.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Beauty Point was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Beauty Point included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.0%, Labourers 14.5%, Professionals 13.1%, Managers 12.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.3% and Sales Workers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Beauty Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 6.5%, Residential Care Services 6.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.5%, School Education 4.3% and Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Beauty Point was $373.

In Beauty Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.6%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Walked only 5.0%, Bus 1.7% and Car as driver, car as passenger 1.7%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Beauty Point, 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, 19.5% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.0% 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 Beauty Point, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Beauty Point, 30.4% were couple families with children, 54.7% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Beauty Point 19.2% of single parents were male and 80.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Beauty Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,886 and those without children was $1,807.

Employment status of couple families

In Beauty Point, of couple families with children, 10.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 14.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Beauty Point, 79.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beauty Point, 92.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 5.8% were other dwellings.

In Beauty Point, of occupied private dwellings 6.9% had 1 bedroom, 27.7% had 2 bedrooms and 49.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beauty Point, 50.8% were owned outright, 24.8% were owned with a mortgage and 21.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Beauty Point, of all households, 69.0% were family households, 28.3% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Beauty Point, 43.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 Beauty Point, 38.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Beauty Point, there were 24 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 58.3%) were male and 10 (or 41.7%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Beauty Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $640.

In Beauty Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $55 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.