Sisters Beach (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 439 people in Sisters Beach (L) of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Sisters Beach (L) was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.0% of the population.

Of people in Sisters Beach (L) aged 15 years and over, 53.1% were married and 16.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sisters Beach (L) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Sisters Beach (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 53.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sisters Beach (L) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Sisters Beach (L) 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.8% were in primary school, 28.2% in secondary school and 15.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sisters Beach (L) were English 35.2%, Australian 34.2%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 6.2% and German 3.9%.

In Sisters Beach (L), 88.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, Scotland 1.1%, Netherlands 0.9%, Germany 0.7% and Indonesia 0.7%.

In Sisters Beach (L), 77.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sisters Beach (L) were No Religion 34.5%, Catholic 16.0%, Anglican 15.1%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Christian, nfd 3.2%.

In Sisters Beach (L) 96.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.7% and Indonesian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 199 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sisters Beach (L). Of these 60.8% were employed full time, 26.1% were employed part-time and 1.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sisters Beach (L), 8.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.7% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Sisters Beach (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.0%, Professionals 19.5%, Managers 15.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.8%, Labourers 10.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.2% and Sales Workers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Sisters Beach (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.8%, Metal Ore Mining 5.2%, Specialised Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.6%, Building Installation Services 4.1% and Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sisters Beach (L) was $550.

In Sisters Beach (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.1%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Taxi 2.6%, Other 1.5% and Bus, car as driver 1.5%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sisters Beach (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 77.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.2% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.1% 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 Sisters Beach (L), 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sisters Beach (L), 46.9% were couple families with children, 41.6% were couple families without children and 11.5% were one parent families.

In Sisters Beach (L) 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sisters Beach (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,770 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Sisters Beach (L), of couple families with children, 14.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 16.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sisters Beach (L), 46.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 53.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sisters 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 Sisters Beach (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 17.1% had 2 bedrooms and 55.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sisters Beach (L), 29.6% were owned outright, 40.3% were owned with a mortgage and 27.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Sisters Beach (L), of all households, 71.1% were family households, 27.0% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Sisters Beach (L), 29.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.0% 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 Sisters Beach (L), 39.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sisters Beach (L), there were 29 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 44.8%) were male and 16 (or 55.2%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Sisters Beach (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,218.

In Sisters Beach (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $678.