North Arm Cove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 422 people in North Arm Cove of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in North Arm Cove was 60 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 36.2% of the population.

Of people in North Arm Cove aged 15 years and over, 63.8% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Arm Cove was 66 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In North Arm Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Arm Cove was 64 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In North Arm Cove 18.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.0% were in primary school, 11.5% in secondary school and 15.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Arm Cove were English 33.8%, Australian 27.0%, Irish 9.8%, Scottish 8.9% and German 3.1%.

In North Arm Cove, 76.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.0%, Germany 1.9%, United States of America 1.4%, Northern Ireland 1.2% and Italy 1.0%.

In North Arm Cove, 64.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Arm Cove were Anglican 35.9%, Catholic 21.9%, No Religion 18.3%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In North Arm Cove 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.4%, French 1.0%, Greek 1.0% and Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya 0.7%.

Employment

There were 135 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Arm Cove. Of these 56.3% were employed full time, 25.9% were employed part-time and 7.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Arm Cove, 15.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Arm Cove was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in North Arm Cove included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Managers 14.4%, Professionals 14.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.4%, Sales Workers 12.0%, Labourers 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in North Arm Cove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 3.9%, Real Estate Services 3.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.4% and Coal Mining 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Arm Cove was $397.

In North Arm Cove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.3%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Train 2.4%, Bus 2.4% and Truck 2.4%. On the day, 3.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Arm Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.3% provided care for children and 20.8% 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 North Arm Cove, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Arm Cove, 21.8% were couple families with children, 64.7% were couple families without children and 13.5% were one parent families.

In North Arm Cove 31.2% of single parents were male and 68.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Arm Cove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,708.

Employment status of couple families

In North Arm Cove, of couple families with children, 9.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 9.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Arm Cove, 59.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 40.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Arm Cove, 98.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North Arm Cove, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 25.1% had 2 bedrooms and 40.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Arm Cove, 48.6% were owned outright, 25.7% were owned with a mortgage and 22.9% were rented.

Household composition

In North Arm Cove, of all households, 74.7% were family households, 25.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In North Arm Cove, 32.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.5% 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 North Arm Cove, 43.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Arm Cove, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 55.6%) were male and 4 (or 44.4%) 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 North Arm Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In North Arm Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $245 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.