Camooweal

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 187 people in Camooweal of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 56.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Camooweal was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 34.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in Camooweal aged 15 years and over, 32.5% were married and 15.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Camooweal was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Camooweal, of people aged 15 years and over, 24.7% 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 Camooweal was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Camooweal 36.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.6% were in primary school, 4.3% in secondary school and 4.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Camooweal were Australian 51.7%, English 18.0%, Scottish 4.7%, Irish 4.7% and German 4.3%.

In Camooweal, 82.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.6% and New Zealand 1.6%.

In Camooweal, 91.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Camooweal were Catholic 14.5%, Baptist 9.1%, No Religion 5.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8% and Anglican 4.3%.

In Camooweal 86.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Alyawarr 1.6%.

Employment

There were 60 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Camooweal. Of these 46.7% were employed full time, 35.0% were employed part-time and 18.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Camooweal, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 22.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Camooweal was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Camooweal included Labourers 22.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 18.0%, Managers 14.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.0%, Professionals 6.0%, Sales Workers 6.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Camooweal, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fuel Retailing 9.8%, Postal and Courier Pick-up and Delivery Services 9.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.8%, School Education 7.8% and Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 5.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Camooweal was $459.

In Camooweal, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 52.9%, Car, as driver 17.6%, Car, as passenger 11.8% and Truck 5.9%. 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 24.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Camooweal, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.0% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.5% 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 Camooweal, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 23.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Camooweal, 39.4% were couple families with children, 9.1% were couple families without children and 51.5% were one parent families.

In Camooweal 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Camooweal, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Camooweal, of couple families with children, 28.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 35.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Camooweal, 78.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Camooweal, 77.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 22.8% were other dwellings.

In Camooweal, of occupied private dwellings 7.1% had 1 bedroom, 26.8% had 2 bedrooms and 44.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Camooweal, 17.2% were owned outright, 15.5% were owned with a mortgage and 62.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Camooweal, of all households, 60.7% were family households, 39.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Camooweal, 39.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Camooweal, 19.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Camooweal, there were 104 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 46 (or 44.2%) were male and 58 (or 55.8%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Camooweal, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $566.

In Camooweal, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $110 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.