Upper Castra

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 122 people in Upper Castra of these 45.9% were male and 54.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Castra was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.7% of the population.

Of people in Upper Castra aged 15 years and over, 60.0% were married and 15.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Upper Castra was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Upper Castra, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Upper Castra was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 53 years.

In Upper Castra 21.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.0% were in primary school, 24.0% in secondary school and 12.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Castra were Australian 38.1%, English 35.1%, Irish 10.7%, Scottish 8.9% and Dutch 1.8%.

In Upper Castra, 88.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was England 8.9%.

In Upper Castra, 75.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Castra were No Religion 32.3%, Uniting Church 17.7%, Anglican 16.9%, Catholic 8.1% and Pentecostal 7.3%.

In Upper Castra 95.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Dutch 2.4%.

Employment

There were 56 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Castra. Of these 51.8% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 14.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Upper Castra, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Upper Castra was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Upper Castra included Managers 28.0%, Labourers 16.0%, Professionals 14.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.0%, Sales Workers 6.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Upper Castra, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 18.8%, Nursery and Floriculture Production 12.5%, Recreational Goods Retailing 8.3%, Internet Service Providers and Web Search Portals 8.3% and School Education 8.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Castra was $339.

In Upper Castra, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.0%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Car as driver, car as passenger 6.0%, Car as driver, motorbike/scooter 6.0% and Walked only 6.0%. 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 69.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Castra, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.9% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.6% 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 Upper Castra, 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 21.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Castra, 43.2% were couple families with children, 40.5% were couple families without children and 16.2% were one parent families.

In Upper Castra 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Upper Castra, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,583 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Upper Castra, of couple families with children, 10.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 24.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Upper Castra, 90.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Castra, 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 Upper Castra, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 27.7% had 2 bedrooms and 55.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Castra, 58.3% were owned outright, 31.2% were owned with a mortgage and 10.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Castra, of all households, 72.0% were family households, 22.0% were single person households and 6.0% were group households.

In Upper Castra, 43.9% 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 Upper Castra, 20.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Upper Castra, 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 53 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 Upper Castra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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