Alfred Cove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,305 people in Alfred Cove of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Alfred Cove was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.3% of the population.

Of people in Alfred Cove aged 15 years and over, 57.0% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Alfred Cove was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Alfred Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.7% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In Alfred Cove 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.6% were in primary school, 17.1% in secondary school and 27.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Alfred Cove were English 28.4%, Australian 25.3%, Scottish 7.8%, Irish 7.8% and Italian 5.4%.

In Alfred Cove, 68.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.6%, New Zealand 2.0%, South Africa 2.0%, Scotland 1.8% and Indonesia 1.8%.

In Alfred Cove, 46.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Alfred Cove were Catholic 31.1%, No Religion 23.4%, Anglican 18.4%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Baptist 3.3%.

In Alfred Cove 84.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.6%, Indonesian 1.6%, Cantonese 1.2%, German 0.9% and Mandarin 0.7%.

Employment

There were 1,228 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Alfred Cove. Of these 61.2% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Alfred Cove, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Alfred Cove was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Alfred Cove included Professionals 28.9%, Managers 16.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Sales Workers 7.8%, Labourers 6.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Alfred Cove, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.1%, Hospitals 4.1% and Metal Ore Mining 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Alfred Cove was $782.

In Alfred Cove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.4%, Bus 5.4%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Other 1.9% and Walked only 1.9%. On the day, 9.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Alfred Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.9% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.4% 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 Alfred Cove, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Alfred Cove, 47.2% were couple families with children, 39.0% were couple families without children and 12.0% were one parent families.

In Alfred Cove 18.5% of single parents were male and 81.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Alfred Cove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,069 and those without children was $2,840.

Employment status of couple families

In Alfred Cove, of couple families with children, 18.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 24.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Alfred Cove, 93.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alfred Cove, 87.5% were separate houses, 8.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Alfred Cove, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 13.5% had 2 bedrooms and 52.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alfred Cove, 40.2% were owned outright, 36.1% were owned with a mortgage and 21.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Alfred Cove, of all households, 74.0% were family households, 22.7% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Alfred Cove, 16.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.5% 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 Alfred Cove, 28.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Alfred Cove, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 45.5%) were male and 6 (or 54.5%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Alfred Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,250.

In Alfred 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 $2,860.