Cambewarra Village

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,231 people in Cambewarra Village of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Cambewarra Village was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.3% of the population.

Of people in Cambewarra Village aged 15 years and over, 59.3% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cambewarra Village was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Cambewarra Village, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cambewarra Village was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Cambewarra Village 38.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.7% were in primary school, 33.9% in secondary school and 14.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cambewarra Village were English 33.8%, Australian 32.9%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 8.6% and German 2.8%.

In Cambewarra Village, 85.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.3%, Scotland 0.8%, New Zealand 0.7%, Wales 0.7% and Korea, Republic of (South) 0.6%.

In Cambewarra Village, 69.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cambewarra Village were Anglican 29.8%, Catholic 22.4%, No Religion 18.5%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Cambewarra Village 95.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, Indonesian 0.4%, Italian 0.3%, Tagalog 0.3% and Greek 0.2%.

Employment

There were 628 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cambewarra Village. Of these 55.1% were employed full time, 35.4% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cambewarra Village, 15.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cambewarra Village was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Cambewarra Village included Professionals 29.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Managers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Labourers 7.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Cambewarra Village, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 11.9%, Defence 6.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, Hospitals 3.7% and Residential Care Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cambewarra Village was $589.

In Cambewarra Village, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.6%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Walked only 1.3%, Bicycle 0.8% and Taxi 0.5%. 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 79.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cambewarra Village, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.0% provided care for children and 14.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.9% 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 Cambewarra Village, 29.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cambewarra Village, 60.1% were couple families with children, 30.4% were couple families without children and 9.5% were one parent families.

In Cambewarra Village 21.2% of single parents were male and 78.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cambewarra Village, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,733 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Cambewarra Village, of couple families with children, 20.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 29.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cambewarra Village, 95.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cambewarra Village, 99.2% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cambewarra Village, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 3.4% had 2 bedrooms and 31.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cambewarra Village, 39.9% were owned outright, 49.2% were owned with a mortgage and 8.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Cambewarra Village, of all households, 85.3% were family households, 13.9% were single person households and 0.8% were group households.

In Cambewarra Village, 15.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.5% 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 Cambewarra Village, 24.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cambewarra Village, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 64.7%) were male and 6 (or 35.3%) were female. The median age was 6 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 Cambewarra Village, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.6, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Cambewarra Village, 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.