Cape Paterson

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 718 people in Cape Paterson of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Cape Paterson was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.8% of the population.

Of people in Cape Paterson aged 15 years and over, 50.7% were married and 16.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cape Paterson was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Cape Paterson, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cape Paterson was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Cape Paterson 23.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.7% were in primary school, 23.4% in secondary school and 21.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cape Paterson were Australian 29.1%, English 27.7%, Scottish 11.1%, Irish 10.6% and Italian 4.0%.

In Cape Paterson, 81.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, New Zealand 1.8%, Scotland 1.4%, Italy 1.0% and South Eastern Europe (includes Yugoslavia) 0.8%.

In Cape Paterson, 68.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cape Paterson were No Religion 31.1%, Catholic 29.8%, Anglican 15.3%, Uniting Church 3.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Cape Paterson 91.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.4%, French 1.1%, Spanish 0.8%, Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described 0.6% and German 0.4%.

Employment

There were 331 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cape Paterson. Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 32.9% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cape Paterson, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cape Paterson was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Cape Paterson included Professionals 23.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.3%, Labourers 12.0%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Managers 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Cape Paterson, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.5%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 6.0%, Local Government Administration 5.0%, Residential Building Construction 4.7% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cape Paterson was $518.

In Cape Paterson, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 74.1%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Walked only 2.2%, Truck 1.2% and Bus, car as driver 0.9%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 80.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cape Paterson, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.3% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.1% 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 Cape Paterson, 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cape Paterson, 34.4% were couple families with children, 53.8% were couple families without children and 9.2% were one parent families.

In Cape Paterson 35.0% of single parents were male and 65.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cape Paterson, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,824 and those without children was $1,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Cape Paterson, of couple families with children, 11.2% had both partners employed full-time, 9.4% had both employed part-time and 20.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cape Paterson, 33.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 67.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cape Paterson, 96.1% were separate houses, 2.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Cape Paterson, of occupied private dwellings 1.0% had 1 bedroom, 14.7% had 2 bedrooms and 56.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cape Paterson, 42.3% were owned outright, 25.9% were owned with a mortgage and 27.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Cape Paterson, of all households, 62.8% were family households, 33.6% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Cape Paterson, 27.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.9% 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 Cape Paterson, 41.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cape Paterson, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Cape Paterson, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Cape Paterson, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.