Circular Head (M)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,977 people in Circular Head (M) of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 11.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Circular Head (M) was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.5% of the population.

Of people in Circular Head (M) aged 15 years and over, 52.0% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Circular Head (M) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Circular Head (M), of people aged 15 years and over, 52.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Circular Head (M) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Circular Head (M) 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.8% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 11.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Circular Head (M) were Australian 38.5%, English 33.1%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.0% and German 2.2%.

In Circular Head (M), 85.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.1%, England 2.0%, Netherlands 0.5%, Philippines 0.4% and Germany 0.3%.

In Circular Head (M), 83.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Circular Head (M) were No Religion 26.2%, Anglican 22.3%, Catholic 15.5%, Christian, nfd 6.1% and Uniting Church 5.0%.

In Circular Head (M) 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.3%, German 0.3%, Russian 0.2%, Tagalog 0.1% and Filipino 0.1%.

Employment

There were 3,834 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Circular Head (M). Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Circular Head (M), 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Circular Head (M) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Circular Head (M) included Labourers 22.3%, Managers 22.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.3%, Professionals 8.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9% and Sales Workers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Circular Head (M), the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 12.3%, School Education 5.8%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.4% and Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Circular Head (M) was $509.

In Circular Head (M), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.8%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Walked only 5.7%, Motorbike/scooter 3.0% and Truck 1.6%. On the day, 0.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Circular Head (M), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.8% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.9% 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 Circular Head (M), 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Circular Head (M), 43.6% were couple families with children, 42.4% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In Circular Head (M) 21.1% of single parents were male and 78.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Circular Head (M), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,678 and those without children was $1,502.

Employment status of couple families

In Circular Head (M), of couple families with children, 18.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 25.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Circular Head (M), 80.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Circular Head (M), 92.9% were separate houses, 0.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.9% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

In Circular Head (M), of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 15.2% had 2 bedrooms and 58.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Circular Head (M), 35.3% were owned outright, 36.1% were owned with a mortgage and 25.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Circular Head (M), of all households, 72.5% were family households, 25.9% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Circular Head (M), 29.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Circular Head (M), 32.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Circular Head (M), there were 932 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 462 (or 49.6%) were male and 470 (or 50.4%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Circular Head (M), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $860.

In Circular Head (M), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $135 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,183.