Camden Park (SA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,061 people in Camden Park (SA) of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Camden Park (SA) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.9% of the population.

Of people in Camden Park (SA) aged 15 years and over, 40.3% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Camden Park (SA) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Camden Park (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 39.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Camden Park (SA) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Camden Park (SA) 26.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.3% were in primary school, 16.7% in secondary school and 34.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Camden Park (SA) were English 25.4%, Australian 23.7%, Irish 7.1%, Scottish 5.6% and German 5.5%.

In Camden Park (SA), 68.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 6.0%, England 3.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.7%, Scotland 1.0% and Italy 1.0%.

In Camden Park (SA), 51.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Camden Park (SA) were No Religion 24.4%, Catholic 20.7%, Anglican 10.9%, Uniting Church 7.3% and Eastern Orthodox 5.6%.

In Camden Park (SA) 73.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 3.5%, Hindi 1.9%, Punjabi 1.9%, Mandarin 1.5% and Italian 1.3%.

Employment

There were 1,699 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Camden Park (SA). Of these 61.0% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Camden Park (SA), 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Camden Park (SA) was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Camden Park (SA) included Professionals 17.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Managers 9.8%, Labourers 9.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Camden Park (SA), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Hospitals 3.4%, Residential Care Services 3.1% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Camden Park (SA) was $579.

In Camden Park (SA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.9%, Bus 7.3%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Tram 1.8% and Walked only 1.8%. On the day, 11.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Camden Park (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.7% 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, 17.5% 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 Camden Park (SA), 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Camden Park (SA), 33.5% were couple families with children, 47.6% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In Camden Park (SA) 18.0% of single parents were male and 82.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Camden Park (SA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,992 and those without children was $1,883.

Employment status of couple families

In Camden Park (SA), of couple families with children, 23.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 19.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Camden Park (SA), 90.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Camden Park (SA), 50.1% were separate houses, 13.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 35.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Camden Park (SA), of occupied private dwellings 7.9% had 1 bedroom, 40.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Camden Park (SA), 26.1% were owned outright, 28.3% were owned with a mortgage and 38.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Camden Park (SA), of all households, 54.4% were family households, 39.6% were single person households and 6.0% were group households.

In Camden Park (SA), 30.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Camden Park (SA), 46.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Camden Park (SA), there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 35.3%) were male and 11 (or 64.7%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Camden Park (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,674.

In Camden Park (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,158.