Captains Flat (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 436 people in Captains Flat (L) of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Captains Flat (L) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.1% of the population.

Of people in Captains Flat (L) aged 15 years and over, 38.7% were married and 20.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Captains Flat (L) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Captains Flat (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 38.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Captains Flat (L) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Captains Flat (L) 27.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.5% were in primary school, 12.3% in secondary school and 16.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Captains Flat (L) were English 32.4%, Australian 31.7%, Irish 12.8%, Scottish 6.3% and German 3.9%.

In Captains Flat (L), 81.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.8%, New Zealand 3.0%, Cook Islands 1.4%, Fiji 0.9% and El Salvador 0.7%.

In Captains Flat (L), 70.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Captains Flat (L) were Catholic 27.2%, No Religion 26.8%, Anglican 22.0%, Christian, nfd 3.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Captains Flat (L) 91.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.7%, Hindi 0.7%, Aboriginal English, so described 0.7%, Maori (Cook Island) 0.7% and Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian) 0.7%.

Employment

There were 235 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Captains Flat (L). Of these 73.2% were employed full time, 18.7% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Captains Flat (L), 5.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Captains Flat (L) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Captains Flat (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.2%, Labourers 13.4%, Professionals 12.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 9.5% and Managers 9.1%.

Of the employed people in Captains Flat (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Central Government Administration 5.2%, Defence 5.2%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.9%, Local Government Administration 3.4% and School Education 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Captains Flat (L) was $684.

In Captains Flat (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.4%, Car, as passenger 9.5%, Bus 1.3%, Car as driver, car as passenger 1.3% and Car as passenger, motorbike/scooter 1.3%. 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 79.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Captains Flat (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 74.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 7.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.7% 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 Captains Flat (L), 34.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Captains Flat (L), 41.6% were couple families with children, 38.9% were couple families without children and 19.5% were one parent families.

In Captains Flat (L) 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Captains Flat (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,795.

Employment status of couple families

In Captains Flat (L), of couple families with children, 36.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 25.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Captains Flat (L), 87.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Captains Flat (L), 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 Captains Flat (L), of occupied private dwellings 6.8% had 1 bedroom, 34.7% had 2 bedrooms and 41.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Captains Flat (L), 32.8% were owned outright, 47.1% were owned with a mortgage and 13.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Captains Flat (L), of all households, 64.6% were family households, 30.3% were single person households and 5.1% were group households.

In Captains Flat (L), 24.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% 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 Captains Flat (L), 33.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Captains Flat (L), there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 23.5%) were male and 13 (or 76.5%) were female. The median age was 37 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 Captains Flat (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Captains Flat (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.