Gravelly Beach (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 561 people in Gravelly Beach (L) of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Gravelly Beach (L) was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.5% of the population.

Of people in Gravelly Beach (L) aged 15 years and over, 54.1% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gravelly Beach (L) was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Gravelly Beach (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gravelly Beach (L) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Gravelly Beach (L) 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.7% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gravelly Beach (L) were English 37.7%, Australian 35.6%, Scottish 7.1%, Irish 4.8% and German 3.7%.

In Gravelly Beach (L), 83.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.2%, New Zealand 1.1%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 0.9%, Netherlands 0.7% and Chile 0.5%.

In Gravelly Beach (L), 71.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gravelly Beach (L) were No Religion 32.5%, Anglican 24.8%, Catholic 10.4%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Gravelly Beach (L) 95.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.9% and Frisian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 259 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gravelly Beach (L). Of these 51.4% were employed full time, 37.1% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gravelly Beach (L), 13.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gravelly Beach (L) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Gravelly Beach (L) included Professionals 21.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Labourers 10.4%, Managers 9.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8% and Sales Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Gravelly Beach (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.0%, Hospitals 4.2%, Residential Care Services 4.2% and Building Installation Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gravelly Beach (L) was $492.

In Gravelly Beach (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.5%, Walked only 5.5%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Bus, car as passenger 1.7% and Bus, car as driver, car as passenger 1.3%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gravelly Beach (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.1% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.4% 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 Gravelly Beach (L), 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gravelly Beach (L), 43.5% were couple families with children, 42.2% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Gravelly Beach (L) 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gravelly Beach (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,437 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Gravelly Beach (L), of couple families with children, 15.7% had both partners employed full-time, 8.2% had both employed part-time and 17.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gravelly Beach (L), 86.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gravelly 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 Gravelly Beach (L), of occupied private dwellings 5.8% had 1 bedroom, 18.2% had 2 bedrooms and 47.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gravelly Beach (L), 37.1% were owned outright, 44.2% were owned with a mortgage and 15.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Gravelly Beach (L), of all households, 67.7% were family households, 29.6% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Gravelly Beach (L), 29.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Gravelly Beach (L), 33.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gravelly Beach (L), there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 10 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Gravelly Beach (L), 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 $0.

In Gravelly 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 $0.