Castle Cove

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,323 people were counted in Castle Cove: of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Of the total population 0.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Castle Cove there were 446 children aged 0-14 years and 696 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Castle Cove, 2,001 people were Australian citizens, 852 were born overseas and 38 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Castle Cove, 63.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 6.1% were separated or divorced, 6.7% were widowed and 24.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Castle Cove, 57.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Castle Cove were Hong Kong (SAR of China) 4.9%, England 4.5%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 3.1%, Japan 2.2% and New Zealand 1.7%.

Of all people counted in Castle Cove on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 25.3%, Anglican 20.8%, No Religion 16.8%, Judaism 4.9% and Buddhism 4.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Castle Cove, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 10.5%, Japanese 3.1%, Armenian 2.4%, Mandarin 1.9% and Italian 1.8%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 66.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,090 people aged 15 years and over in Castle Cove were in the labour force. Of these 59.8% worked full-time, 32.9% worked part-time, 3.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.0% were unemployed. 696 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Castle Cove, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 17.6%, Managers and Administrators 10.2%, Associate Professionals 8.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.1%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 0.6% and Labourers and Related Workers 0.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Castle Cove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 12.1%, Health Services 3.7%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.5%, Property Services 2.8% and Finance 2.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Castle Cove, 669 families were counted: of these, 36.3% were couple families without children, 53.5% were couple families with children, 8.8% were one parent families and 1.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Castle Cove, 835 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Castle Cove, 84.1% were separate houses, 12.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Castle Cove, 65.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 16.5% were being purchased and 10.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Castle Cove, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 68.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 25.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Castle Cove, 78.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 14.1% were single (or lone) person households and 1.7% were group households.