Palm Cove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,658 people in Palm Cove of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Palm Cove was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.5% of the population.

Of people in Palm Cove aged 15 years and over, 52.3% were married and 15.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Palm Cove was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Palm Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Palm Cove was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Palm Cove 25.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.2% were in primary school, 11.1% in secondary school and 17.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Palm Cove were English 30.4%, Australian 20.0%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 8.2% and German 4.1%.

In Palm Cove, 58.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.0%, New Zealand 5.1%, Scotland 1.9%, Germany 1.2% and Netherlands 1.1%.

In Palm Cove, 48.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Palm Cove were No Religion 26.7%, Catholic 22.6%, Anglican 19.4%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7%.

In Palm Cove 81.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.4%, Dutch 1.2%, Italian 0.7%, Spanish 0.5% and Afrikaans 0.5%.

Employment

There were 897 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Palm Cove. Of these 60.3% were employed full time, 25.6% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Palm Cove, 8.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Palm Cove was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Palm Cove included Professionals 19.9%, Managers 19.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.3%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Labourers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Palm Cove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 10.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 10.1%, Hospitals 4.9%, School Education 3.6% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Palm Cove was $645.

In Palm Cove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.0%, Walked only 9.0%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Bus 2.7% and Bicycle 1.7%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Palm Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.1% provided care for children and 7.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.2% 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 Palm Cove, 29.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Palm Cove, 25.4% were couple families with children, 63.8% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In Palm Cove 23.9% of single parents were male and 76.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Palm Cove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,963 and those without children was $1,812.

Employment status of couple families

In Palm Cove, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 14.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Palm Cove, 69.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 31.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Palm Cove, 54.9% were separate houses, 12.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 30.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Palm Cove, of occupied private dwellings 8.0% had 1 bedroom, 26.3% had 2 bedrooms and 36.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Palm Cove, 23.0% were owned outright, 26.7% were owned with a mortgage and 46.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Palm Cove, of all households, 66.8% were family households, 27.2% were single person households and 6.1% were group households.

In Palm Cove, 22.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.6% 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 Palm Cove, 42.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Palm Cove, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 45.5%) were male and 12 (or 54.5%) 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 Palm Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $820.

In Palm Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.