Cammeray

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,784 people in Cammeray of these 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Cammeray was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.9% of the population.

Of people in Cammeray aged 15 years and over, 42.5% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cammeray was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Cammeray, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cammeray was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Cammeray 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.4% were in primary school, 12.9% in secondary school and 27.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cammeray were English 26.9%, Australian 21.6%, Irish 9.8%, Scottish 7.8% and Chinese 3.7%.

In Cammeray, 62.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.9%, New Zealand 3.6%, South Africa 1.5%, Japan 1.3% and United States of America 1.2%.

In Cammeray, 44.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 39.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cammeray were No Religion 27.8%, Catholic 25.3%, Anglican 20.1%, Buddhism 2.7% and Uniting Church 2.6%.

In Cammeray 79.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 2.0%, Japanese 1.5%, Mandarin 1.1%, Spanish 1.0% and French 0.9%.

Employment

There were 4,251 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cammeray. Of these 69.7% were employed full time, 21.7% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cammeray, 6.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cammeray was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Cammeray included Professionals 39.9%, Managers 21.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Sales Workers 6.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.2%, Labourers 2.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.2%.

Of the employed people in Cammeray, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 5.1%, Computer System Design and Related Services 4.7%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 4.5%, Depository Financial Intermediation 4.1% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cammeray was $1,187.

In Cammeray, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 38.5%, Bus 22.4%, Walked only 9.6%, Car, as passenger 3.5% and Train, bus 3.3%. On the day, 28.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 42.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cammeray, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.5% provided care for children and 9.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.9% 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 Cammeray, 29.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cammeray, 38.0% were couple families with children, 47.1% were couple families without children and 13.2% were one parent families.

In Cammeray 16.8% of single parents were male and 83.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cammeray, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,433 and those without children was $3,203.

Employment status of couple families

In Cammeray, of couple families with children, 33.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 21.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cammeray, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cammeray, 27.5% were separate houses, 12.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 59.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Cammeray, of occupied private dwellings 16.6% had 1 bedroom, 42.0% had 2 bedrooms and 28.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cammeray, 26.0% were owned outright, 30.2% were owned with a mortgage and 42.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Cammeray, of all households, 58.4% were family households, 34.7% were single person households and 6.9% were group households.

In Cammeray, 10.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 26.6% 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 Cammeray, 56.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cammeray, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 73.3%) were male and 4 (or 26.7%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Cammeray, 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 $1,833.

In Cammeray, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $430 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.