Cawarral

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 726 people in Cawarral of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Cawarral was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.4% of the population.

Of people in Cawarral aged 15 years and over, 55.8% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cawarral was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Cawarral, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cawarral was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Cawarral 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.2% were in primary school, 25.7% in secondary school and 11.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cawarral were Australian 38.0%, English 29.4%, Irish 7.7%, Scottish 7.1% and German 5.1%.

In Cawarral, 86.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.6%, New Zealand 2.1%, United States of America 0.7%, Malta 0.6% and Papua New Guinea 0.6%.

In Cawarral, 81.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cawarral were No Religion 25.2%, Catholic 21.2%, Anglican 18.6%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.4%.

In Cawarral 93.7% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 363 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cawarral. Of these 62.0% were employed full time, 24.8% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cawarral, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cawarral was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Cawarral included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Professionals 14.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.0%, Labourers 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Managers 9.0% and Sales Workers 8.7%.

Of the employed people in Cawarral, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.3%, Coal Mining 6.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1%, Public Order and Safety Services 4.1% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cawarral was $569.

In Cawarral, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.4%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Truck 3.5%, Walked only 3.2% and Bus 2.0%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cawarral, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.3% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.5% 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 Cawarral, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cawarral, 41.7% were couple families with children, 44.6% were couple families without children and 12.3% were one parent families.

In Cawarral 12.5% of single parents were male and 87.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cawarral, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,349 and those without children was $2,374.

Employment status of couple families

In Cawarral, of couple families with children, 23.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 17.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cawarral, 90.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cawarral, 97.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

In Cawarral, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 16.9% had 2 bedrooms and 46.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cawarral, 33.7% were owned outright, 53.1% were owned with a mortgage and 9.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Cawarral, of all households, 79.4% were family households, 16.0% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Cawarral, 24.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.0% 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 Cawarral, 27.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cawarral, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 47.8%) were male and 12 (or 52.2%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Cawarral, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,562.

In Cawarral, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,448.