Crib Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,839 people in Crib Point of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Crib Point was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.5% of the population.

Of people in Crib Point aged 15 years and over, 43.9% were married and 15.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Crib Point was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Crib Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Crib Point was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Crib Point 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.1% were in primary school, 22.0% in secondary school and 15.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Crib Point were English 33.2%, Australian 30.7%, Irish 8.1%, Scottish 7.5% and German 3.3%.

In Crib Point, 80.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.3%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 0.7%, Netherlands 0.6% and Philippines 0.3%.

In Crib Point, 65.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Crib Point were No Religion 32.8%, Catholic 21.3%, Anglican 17.4%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7%.

In Crib Point 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 0.3%, French 0.2%, German 0.2%, Latin 0.2% and Maltese 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,430 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Crib Point. Of these 56.9% were employed full time, 30.2% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Crib Point, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Crib Point was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Crib Point included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.6%, Labourers 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Professionals 9.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0%, Sales Workers 9.0% and Managers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Crib Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 4.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3%, School Education 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6% and Basic Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Crib Point was $533.

In Crib Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.4%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Truck 1.5%, Walked only 1.3% and Train 1.0%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Crib Point, 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, 31.0% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.8% 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 Crib Point, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Crib Point, 43.2% were couple families with children, 35.5% were couple families without children and 19.7% were one parent families.

In Crib Point 17.8% of single parents were male and 82.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Crib Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,845 and those without children was $1,734.

Employment status of couple families

In Crib Point, of couple families with children, 20.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Crib Point, 88.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Crib Point, 87.9% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Crib Point, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 15.7% had 2 bedrooms and 57.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Crib Point, 27.0% were owned outright, 48.6% were owned with a mortgage and 22.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Crib Point, of all households, 74.8% were family households, 22.7% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Crib Point, 23.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Crib Point, 31.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Crib Point, there were 41 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 26 (or 63.4%) were male and 15 (or 36.6%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Crib Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,291.

In Crib Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,434.