Cassowary Coast (R)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 27,668 people in Cassowary Coast (R) of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Cassowary Coast (R) was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population.

Of people in Cassowary Coast (R) aged 15 years and over, 49.3% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cassowary Coast (R) was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Cassowary Coast (R), of people aged 15 years and over, 49.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cassowary Coast (R) was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Cassowary Coast (R) 25.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.3% were in primary school, 23.0% in secondary school and 9.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cassowary Coast (R) were Australian 27.5%, English 24.3%, Italian 8.9%, Irish 8.5% and Scottish 6.3%.

In Cassowary Coast (R), 81.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, New Zealand 1.9%, India 1.6%, Italy 1.4% and Philippines 0.7%.

In Cassowary Coast (R), 67.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cassowary Coast (R) were Catholic 32.8%, No Religion 18.4%, Anglican 17.2%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Cassowary Coast (R) 86.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.4%, Punjabi 1.4%, Hmong 0.4%, German 0.4% and Greek 0.4%.

Employment

There were 13,273 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cassowary Coast (R). Of these 58.4% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cassowary Coast (R), 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cassowary Coast (R) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Cassowary Coast (R) included Labourers 19.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Managers 15.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Professionals 10.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0% and Sales Workers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Cassowary Coast (R), the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 9.1%, School Education 5.8%, Other Crop Growing 3.7%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 3.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cassowary Coast (R) was $503.

In Cassowary Coast (R), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.4%, Car, as passenger 8.5%, Walked only 5.7%, Truck 2.3% and Bus 1.8%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cassowary Coast (R), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.3% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.1% 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 Cassowary Coast (R), 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cassowary Coast (R), 38.2% were couple families with children, 44.7% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In Cassowary Coast (R) 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cassowary Coast (R), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,814 and those without children was $1,569.

Employment status of couple families

In Cassowary Coast (R), of couple families with children, 21.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 19.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cassowary Coast (R), 85.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cassowary Coast (R), 85.9% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.1% were other dwellings.

In Cassowary Coast (R), of occupied private dwellings 5.5% had 1 bedroom, 20.1% had 2 bedrooms and 48.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cassowary Coast (R), 37.6% were owned outright, 26.2% were owned with a mortgage and 32.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Cassowary Coast (R), of all households, 70.9% were family households, 25.7% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Cassowary Coast (R), 30.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.4% 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 Cassowary Coast (R), 35.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cassowary Coast (R), there were 2,594 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,222 (or 47.1%) were male and 1,372 (or 52.9%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Cassowary Coast (R), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Cassowary Coast (R), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,389.