Cape Cleveland

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 124 people in Cape Cleveland of these 62.1% were male and 37.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Cape Cleveland was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.1% of the population.

Of people in Cape Cleveland aged 15 years and over, 48.9% were married and 16.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cape Cleveland was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In Cape Cleveland, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cape Cleveland was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Cape Cleveland 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.1% were in primary school, 27.0% in secondary school and 16.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cape Cleveland were English 34.1%, Australian 31.7%, Irish 7.9%, German 6.1% and Scottish 4.3%.

In Cape Cleveland, 83.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.3%, Scotland 3.3%, Guernsey 2.5% and Malaysia 2.5%.

In Cape Cleveland, 72.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cape Cleveland were No Religion 27.4%, Anglican 25.8%, Catholic 18.5%, Uniting Church 3.2% and Buddhism 2.4%.

In Cape Cleveland 95.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 55 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cape Cleveland. Of these 54.5% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cape Cleveland, 5.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 18.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cape Cleveland was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Cape Cleveland included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.6%, Labourers 18.2%, Professionals 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.3%, Managers 5.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.5% and Sales Workers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Cape Cleveland, the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 5.3%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 5.3%, Cement, Lime, Plaster and Concrete Product Manufacturing 5.3%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 5.3% and Land Development and Site Preparation Services 5.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cape Cleveland was $581.

In Cape Cleveland, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 70.9% and Truck 5.5%. 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 78.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cape Cleveland, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.2% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.8% 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 Cape Cleveland, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cape Cleveland, 56.7% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 10.0% were one parent families.

In Cape Cleveland 62.5% of single parents were male and 37.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cape Cleveland, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,049 and those without children was $2,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Cape Cleveland, of couple families with children, 13.0% had both partners employed full-time, 17.4% had both employed part-time and 13.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cape Cleveland, 69.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cape Cleveland, 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 Cleveland, of occupied private dwellings 7.0% had 1 bedroom, 16.3% had 2 bedrooms and 62.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cape Cleveland, 31.8% were owned outright, 47.7% were owned with a mortgage and 13.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Cape Cleveland, of all households, 76.7% were family households, 23.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Cape Cleveland, 23.7% 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 Cape Cleveland, 25.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cape Cleveland, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 49 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 Cleveland, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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