Castle Cove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,523 people in Castle Cove of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Castle Cove was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.1% of the population.

Of people in Castle Cove aged 15 years and over, 62.9% were married and 6.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Castle Cove was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Castle Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Castle Cove was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Castle Cove 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.5% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 23.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Castle Cove were English 22.3%, Australian 18.0%, Chinese 13.9%, Irish 7.9% and Scottish 5.7%.

In Castle Cove, 59.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.4%, England 4.7%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3.7%, South Africa 1.9% and Italy 1.2%.

In Castle Cove, 34.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 49.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Castle Cove were Catholic 27.8%, No Religion 22.7%, Anglican 19.6%, Judaism 4.1% and Uniting Church 3.7%.

In Castle Cove 68.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 9.2%, Mandarin 3.5%, Armenian 3.1%, Japanese 1.8% and Italian 1.2%.

Employment

There were 1,169 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Castle Cove. Of these 57.4% were employed full time, 33.4% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Castle Cove, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Castle Cove was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Castle Cove included Professionals 38.1%, Managers 23.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Sales Workers 6.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.7%, Labourers 3.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.0%.

Of the employed people in Castle Cove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 5.7%, Computer System Design and Related Services 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.3% and Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Castle Cove was $875.

In Castle Cove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.5%, Bus 7.0%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Train 1.8% and Walked only 1.8%. On the day, 14.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Castle Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.5% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 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 Castle Cove, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Castle Cove, 56.6% were couple families with children, 32.5% were couple families without children and 9.2% were one parent families.

In Castle Cove 26.6% of single parents were male and 73.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Castle Cove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,534 and those without children was $3,049.

Employment status of couple families

In Castle Cove, of couple families with children, 15.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 24.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Castle Cove, 90.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Castle Cove, 93.7% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Castle Cove, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 5.8% had 2 bedrooms and 34.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Castle Cove, 55.9% were owned outright, 30.3% were owned with a mortgage and 11.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Castle Cove, of all households, 85.0% were family households, 14.4% were single person households and 0.6% were group households.

In Castle Cove, 10.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 35.4% 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 Castle Cove, 27.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Castle Cove, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 39 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 Castle Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Castle Cove, 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.