Cape Jervis

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 202 people in Cape Jervis of these 55.0% were male and 45.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Cape Jervis was 54 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 26.1% of the population.

Of people in Cape Jervis aged 15 years and over, 53.9% were married and 19.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cape Jervis was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 41 years.

In Cape Jervis, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cape Jervis was 66 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Cape Jervis 21.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.7% were in primary school, 18.2% in secondary school and 13.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cape Jervis were English 38.6%, Australian 29.2%, Irish 9.5%, German 6.4% and Scottish 5.3%.

In Cape Jervis, 75.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.4%, Scotland 2.5%, Italy 2.0%, Netherlands 2.0% and New Zealand 2.0%.

In Cape Jervis, 64.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cape Jervis were No Religion 29.4%, Anglican 16.2%, Uniting Church 15.7%, Catholic 12.7% and Christian, nfd 4.9%.

In Cape Jervis 90.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Greek 2.0%, German 1.5% and Dutch 1.5%.

Employment

There were 82 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cape Jervis. Of these 46.3% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cape Jervis, 18.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cape Jervis was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Cape Jervis were Labourers 27.6%, Managers 21.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Professionals 7.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.6% and Sales Workers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Cape Jervis, the most common responses for industry of employment included Water Passenger Transport 14.5%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 9.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.9%, Accommodation 6.6% and Scenic and Sightseeing Transport 5.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cape Jervis was $369.

In Cape Jervis, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 50.0%, Walked only 11.8% and Other 3.9%. 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 51.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cape Jervis, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.5% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.7% 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 Jervis, 22.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cape Jervis, 27.4% were couple families with children, 62.9% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Cape Jervis 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cape Jervis, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,166 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Cape Jervis, of couple families with children, 7.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 10.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cape Jervis, 38.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 61.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cape Jervis, 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 Jervis, of occupied private dwellings 8.2% had 1 bedroom, 19.4% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cape Jervis, 46.0% were owned outright, 31.0% were owned with a mortgage and 19.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Cape Jervis, of all households, 64.6% were family households, 32.3% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Cape Jervis, 44.0% 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 Jervis, 32.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cape Jervis, 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 24 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 Jervis, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $483.

In Cape Jervis, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.