Caloundra West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,065 people in Caloundra West of these 46.6% were male and 53.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Caloundra West was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.7% of the population.

Of people in Caloundra West aged 15 years and over, 55.7% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Caloundra West was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Caloundra West, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.8% 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 Caloundra West was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Caloundra West 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.6% were in primary school, 21.2% in secondary school and 14.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Caloundra West were English 34.5%, Australian 29.5%, Scottish 7.8%, Irish 7.2% and German 4.1%.

In Caloundra West, 74.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.3%, New Zealand 5.4%, Netherlands 0.8%, Scotland 0.8% and Germany 0.6%.

In Caloundra West, 60.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Caloundra West were No Religion 24.0%, Catholic 23.6%, Anglican 22.9%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Christian, nfd 4.2%.

In Caloundra West 93.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.6%, Italian 0.5%, German 0.4%, French 0.3% and Spanish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,852 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Caloundra West. Of these 55.2% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Caloundra West, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Caloundra West was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Caloundra West included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.7%, Professionals 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.6%, Sales Workers 12.4%, Labourers 10.8%, Managers 9.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Caloundra West, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8%, Hospitals 3.8% and Residential Care Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Caloundra West was $518.

In Caloundra West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.5%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Walked only 1.8%, Motorbike/scooter 1.5% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 2.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Caloundra West, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.8% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.9% 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 Caloundra West, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Caloundra West, 43.2% were couple families with children, 40.2% were couple families without children and 15.9% were one parent families.

In Caloundra West 12.6% of single parents were male and 87.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Caloundra West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,835 and those without children was $1,797.

Employment status of couple families

In Caloundra West, of couple families with children, 16.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% 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 Caloundra West, 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Caloundra West, 82.6% were separate houses, 7.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Caloundra West, of occupied private dwellings 1.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.7% had 2 bedrooms and 41.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Caloundra West, 28.5% were owned outright, 39.9% were owned with a mortgage and 30.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Caloundra West, of all households, 79.6% were family households, 17.9% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Caloundra West, 26.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Caloundra West, 43.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Caloundra West, there were 74 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 29 (or 39.2%) were male and 45 (or 60.8%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Caloundra West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,416.

In Caloundra West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $370 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,615.