Cape Bridgewater

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 255 people in Cape Bridgewater of these 57.3% were male and 42.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Cape Bridgewater was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.

Of people in Cape Bridgewater aged 15 years and over, 59.7% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cape Bridgewater was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Cape Bridgewater, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cape Bridgewater was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Cape Bridgewater 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.4% were in primary school, 35.9% in secondary school and 14.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cape Bridgewater were Australian 35.0%, English 35.0%, Scottish 8.2%, Irish 6.4% and German 4.9%.

In Cape Bridgewater, 88.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, Canada 1.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.2%, Fiji 1.2% and Netherlands 1.2%.

In Cape Bridgewater, 81.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cape Bridgewater were Anglican 23.2%, No Religion 23.2%, Catholic 9.4%, Uniting Church 9.4% and Lutheran 7.5%.

In Cape Bridgewater 94.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.2% and Mandarin 1.2%.

Employment

There were 149 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cape Bridgewater. Of these 54.4% were employed full time, 34.9% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cape Bridgewater, 15.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cape Bridgewater was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Cape Bridgewater included Professionals 19.4%, Managers 18.1%, Labourers 13.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.4%, Sales Workers 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.6% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Cape Bridgewater, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.0%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 6.9%, School Education 6.9%, Hospitals 6.9% and Local Government Administration 5.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cape Bridgewater was $707.

In Cape Bridgewater, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 65.7%, Truck 2.8% and Walked only 2.8%. 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 64.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cape Bridgewater, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.5% provided care for children and 7.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.7% 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 Cape Bridgewater, 28.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cape Bridgewater, 37.5% were couple families with children, 51.2% were couple families without children and 7.5% were one parent families.

In Cape Bridgewater 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cape Bridgewater, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,399.

Employment status of couple families

In Cape Bridgewater, of couple families with children, 21.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 31.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cape Bridgewater, 64.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 35.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cape Bridgewater, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cape Bridgewater, of occupied private dwellings 9.3% had 1 bedroom, 11.3% had 2 bedrooms and 39.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cape Bridgewater, 52.6% were owned outright, 35.8% were owned with a mortgage and 11.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Cape Bridgewater, of all households, 85.3% were family households, 10.5% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Cape Bridgewater, 17.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.4% 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 Cape Bridgewater, 20.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cape Bridgewater, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Cape Bridgewater, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $4,500.

In Cape Bridgewater, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.