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Cape Schanck vs St Andrews Beach
Suburb / Locality comparison ≈ 7.4 km apart · Cape Schanck profile · St Andrews Beach profile
Cape Schanck St Andrews Beach
St Andrews Beach and Cape Schanck are neighbouring areas on the Mornington Peninsula with very different profiles. Cape Schanck is far older, with a typical resident aged 55 and 31.1% of people aged 65 or over. In contrast, St Andrews Beach is younger, with a typical age of 44 and 22.2% of residents under 15. Life in St Andrews Beach is more connected to services, as 65.8% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries and 78.2% are near public transport, whereas Cape Schanck has no such access. Cape Schanck is more likely to have homes owned outright, at 56.5% compared to 37.3% in St Andrews Beach.
Both areas share a very similar housing landscape, where almost every home is a separate detached house and typical weekly rents are nearly identical at around $360. They also both have very low unemployment rates and similar drive times to the city. While they share these basics, the gap in their age structures is striking, with Cape Schanck having 15.2 percentage points more seniors than St Andrews Beach.
Where they differ most
Demographics & Identity
- First area, 2011: 362
- First area, 2016: 446
- First area, 2021: 569
- Second area, 2011: 853
- Second area, 2016: 889
- Second area, 2021: 974
- First area, 2011: 50 yrs
- First area, 2016: 55 yrs
- First area, 2021: 55 yrs
- Second area, 2011: 41 yrs
- Second area, 2016: 42 yrs
- Second area, 2021: 44 yrs
Age structure
Marital status
Age & sex structure
Bars show the share of each area's own population, so differently sized areas stay comparable.
- 85+ in Cape Schanck: 0.7% males, 0.5% females; 85+ in St Andrews Beach: 0.0% males, 0.0% females
- 80–84 in Cape Schanck: 1.6% males, 1.2% females; 80–84 in St Andrews Beach: 0.0% males, 0.0% females
- 75–79 in Cape Schanck: 2.1% males, 3.2% females; 75–79 in St Andrews Beach: 1.9% males, 0.6% females
- 70–74 in Cape Schanck: 6.9% males, 4.0% females; 70–74 in St Andrews Beach: 2.3% males, 2.7% females
- 65–69 in Cape Schanck: 6.3% males, 5.5% females; 65–69 in St Andrews Beach: 3.5% males, 3.5% females
- 60–64 in Cape Schanck: 4.9% males, 6.7% females; 60–64 in St Andrews Beach: 3.7% males, 4.3% females
- 55–59 in Cape Schanck: 4.4% males, 4.0% females; 55–59 in St Andrews Beach: 5.3% males, 3.3% females
- 50–54 in Cape Schanck: 4.8% males, 2.6% females; 50–54 in St Andrews Beach: 3.6% males, 4.4% females
- 45–49 in Cape Schanck: 2.6% males, 3.5% females; 45–49 in St Andrews Beach: 4.7% males, 4.8% females
- 40–44 in Cape Schanck: 0.5% males, 1.1% females; 40–44 in St Andrews Beach: 3.3% males, 3.5% females
- 35–39 in Cape Schanck: 2.6% males, 2.5% females; 35–39 in St Andrews Beach: 3.2% males, 3.9% females
- 30–34 in Cape Schanck: 1.6% males, 2.6% females; 30–34 in St Andrews Beach: 1.7% males, 2.3% females
- 25–29 in Cape Schanck: 1.4% males, 1.1% females; 25–29 in St Andrews Beach: 1.4% males, 1.3% females
- 20–24 in Cape Schanck: 1.4% males, 2.5% females; 20–24 in St Andrews Beach: 1.5% males, 2.5% females
- 15–19 in Cape Schanck: 1.9% males, 2.6% females; 15–19 in St Andrews Beach: 3.3% males, 2.0% females
- 10–14 in Cape Schanck: 2.1% males, 2.3% females; 10–14 in St Andrews Beach: 4.0% males, 3.9% females
- 5–9 in Cape Schanck: 1.9% males, 1.6% females; 5–9 in St Andrews Beach: 3.7% males, 3.5% females
- 0–4 in Cape Schanck: 1.4% males, 3.2% females; 0–4 in St Andrews Beach: 4.1% males, 2.6% females
Ancestry & Birthplace
Country of birth
Ancestry
Language
Language used at home
Religion
Religious affiliation
Education & Qualifications
Highest year of school
Highest qualification level
Field of qualification
Income
- First area, 2011: $644
- First area, 2016: $722
- First area, 2021: $1,002
- Second area, 2011: $616
- Second area, 2016: $710
- Second area, 2021: $871
- First area, 2011: $1,385
- First area, 2016: $1,656
- First area, 2021: $2,189
- Second area, 2011: $1,273
- Second area, 2016: $1,652
- Second area, 2021: $1,931
- First area, 2011: $1,426
- First area, 2016: $1,800
- First area, 2021: $2,319
- Second area, 2011: $1,408
- Second area, 2016: $1,810
- Second area, 2021: $2,258
Household income distribution
Personal income distribution
Health & Disability
Long-term health conditions reported
Number of long-term health conditions
Community Participation
First Nations
Family & Households
- First area, 2011: 2.5
- First area, 2016: 2.4
- First area, 2021: 2.4
- Second area, 2011: 2.7
- Second area, 2016: 2.7
- Second area, 2021: 2.6
Family composition
Household size
Housing & Dwellings
- First area, 2011: $277
- First area, 2016: $335
- First area, 2021: $359
- Second area, 2011: $250
- Second area, 2016: $294
- Second area, 2021: $360
- First area, 2011: $1,482
- First area, 2016: $2,000
- First area, 2021: $1,950
- Second area, 2011: $1,300
- Second area, 2016: $1,733
- Second area, 2021: $2,000
- First area, 2011: 1.00
- First area, 2016: 0.70
- First area, 2021: 0.70
- Second area, 2011: 1.00
- Second area, 2016: 0.80
- Second area, 2021: 0.80
How homes are owned or rented
Types of homes
Bedrooms per home
Weekly rent distribution
Monthly mortgage distribution
Transport & Vehicles
How people get to work
Motor vehicles per home
Migration & Movement
Jobs & Industry
Industries people work in
Occupations people work in
Walkability
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Cape Schanck vs St Andrews Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sal/SAL20474/cape-schanck/vs/SAL22333/st-andrews-beach