Upper Caboolture

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,752 people in Upper Caboolture of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Caboolture was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.1% of the population.

Of people in Upper Caboolture aged 15 years and over, 54.6% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Upper Caboolture was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Upper Caboolture, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Upper Caboolture was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Upper Caboolture 30.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.3% were in primary school, 23.4% in secondary school and 13.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Caboolture were Australian 33.5%, English 29.7%, Scottish 7.1%, Irish 7.0% and German 4.5%.

In Upper Caboolture, 80.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.3%, New Zealand 4.1%, Philippines 0.7%, Scotland 0.6% and Papua New Guinea 0.5%.

In Upper Caboolture, 68.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Caboolture were No Religion 25.6%, Catholic 20.3%, Anglican 19.9%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Upper Caboolture 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 0.5%, Hindi 0.3%, Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian) 0.2%, Dutch 0.2% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,803 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Caboolture. Of these 56.8% were employed full time, 29.9% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Upper Caboolture, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Upper Caboolture was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Upper Caboolture included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.2%, Sales Workers 12.5%, Labourers 12.5%, Professionals 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.3% and Managers 9.1%.

Of the employed people in Upper Caboolture, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Hospitals 3.1% and Road Freight Transport 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Caboolture was $562.

In Upper Caboolture, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.8%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Train 3.5%, Truck 3.0% and Train, car as driver 1.5%. On the day, 6.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Caboolture, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.4% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.5% 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 Upper Caboolture, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Caboolture, 47.6% were couple families with children, 36.2% were couple families without children and 15.8% were one parent families.

In Upper Caboolture 17.7% of single parents were male and 82.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Upper Caboolture, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,055 and those without children was $1,896.

Employment status of couple families

In Upper Caboolture, of couple families with children, 20.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 19.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Upper Caboolture, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Caboolture, 98.2% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Upper Caboolture, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.6% had 2 bedrooms and 21.7% 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 Upper Caboolture, 25.2% were owned outright, 43.2% were owned with a mortgage and 28.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Caboolture, of all households, 86.1% were family households, 11.4% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Upper Caboolture, 17.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.5% 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 Upper Caboolture, 25.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Upper Caboolture, there were 100 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 50 (or 50.0%) were male and 50 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Upper Caboolture, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,449.

In Upper Caboolture, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $340 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $912.