Cape Burney

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 456 people in Cape Burney of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Cape Burney was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.0% of the population.

Of people in Cape Burney aged 15 years and over, 43.0% were married and 23.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cape Burney was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Cape Burney, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cape Burney was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Cape Burney 21.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.5% were in primary school, 15.7% in secondary school and 14.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cape Burney were English 34.1%, Australian 28.9%, Scottish 10.5%, Irish 7.6% and German 2.5%.

In Cape Burney, 80.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.3%, New Zealand 2.0%, Scotland 1.5%, Austria 0.9% and South Africa 0.9%.

In Cape Burney, 66.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cape Burney were No Religion 27.4%, Catholic 25.2%, Anglican 24.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4% and Jehovah's Witnesses 1.8%.

In Cape Burney 92.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Welsh 0.7%, Danish 0.7%, French 0.7%, Malay 0.7% and Japanese 0.7%.

Employment

There were 255 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cape Burney. Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 26.3% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cape Burney, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cape Burney was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Cape Burney included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.9%, Professionals 16.2%, Labourers 13.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Managers 11.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.7% and Sales Workers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Cape Burney, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 5.5%, Accommodation 5.1%, School Education 4.7%, Road Freight Transport 4.3% and Residential Care Services 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cape Burney was $571.

In Cape Burney, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.0%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Walked only 2.1%, Bicycle 1.7% and Other 1.7%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cape Burney, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.4% provided care for children and 8.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.0% 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 Burney, 33.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cape Burney, 29.5% were couple families with children, 57.6% were couple families without children and 12.9% were one parent families.

In Cape Burney 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cape Burney, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,468 and those without children was $2,020.

Employment status of couple families

In Cape Burney, of couple families with children, 10.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 19.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cape Burney, 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cape Burney, 73.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 26.8% were other dwellings.

In Cape Burney, of occupied private dwellings 16.7% had 1 bedroom, 11.9% had 2 bedrooms and 35.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cape Burney, 37.8% were owned outright, 32.1% were owned with a mortgage and 22.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Cape Burney, of all households, 59.1% were family households, 37.5% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Cape Burney, 35.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.6% 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 Cape Burney, 42.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cape Burney, there were 43 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 22 (or 51.2%) were male and 21 (or 48.8%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Burney, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,133.

In Cape Burney, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $355 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.