Captains Flat

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 743 people in Captains Flat of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Captains Flat was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.2% of the population.

Of people in Captains Flat aged 15 years and over, 46.0% were married and 19.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Captains Flat was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Captains Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Captains Flat was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Captains Flat 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.9% were in primary school, 14.1% in secondary school and 13.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Captains Flat were Australian 30.0%, English 29.5%, Irish 13.0%, Scottish 6.7% and German 4.0%.

In Captains Flat, 78.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, New Zealand 2.2%, Germany 1.2%, Philippines 0.7% and Cook Islands 0.5%.

In Captains Flat, 70.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Captains Flat were No Religion 30.6%, Catholic 23.6%, Anglican 18.6%, Christian, nfd 3.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Captains Flat 88.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.4%, Norwegian 0.4%, Swedish 0.4%, Spanish 0.4% and Hindi 0.4%.

Employment

There were 385 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Captains Flat. Of these 71.4% were employed full time, 19.7% were employed part-time and 1.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Captains Flat, 7.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Captains Flat was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Captains Flat included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.3%, Managers 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Professionals 13.4%, Labourers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.2% and Sales Workers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Captains Flat, the most common responses for industry of employment included Central Government Administration 6.3%, Defence 4.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.2%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 2.6% and Local Government Administration 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Captains Flat was $679.

In Captains Flat, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.9%, Car, as passenger 8.4%, Car as passenger, motorbike/scooter 1.3%, Bus 0.8% and Truck 0.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Captains Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.2% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.6% 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 Captains Flat, 31.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Captains Flat, 40.9% were couple families with children, 42.0% were couple families without children and 17.1% were one parent families.

In Captains Flat 29.4% of single parents were male and 70.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Captains Flat, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,910 and those without children was $1,899.

Employment status of couple families

In Captains Flat, of couple families with children, 35.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 21.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Captains Flat, 80.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Captains Flat, 97.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

In Captains Flat, of occupied private dwellings 7.1% had 1 bedroom, 29.0% had 2 bedrooms and 39.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Captains Flat, 32.6% were owned outright, 50.9% were owned with a mortgage and 12.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Captains Flat, of all households, 70.0% were family households, 25.9% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Captains Flat, 21.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Captains Flat, 28.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Captains Flat, there were 24 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 20.8%) were male and 19 (or 79.2%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Captains Flat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,062.

In Captains Flat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $515 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.