Cape Jaffa

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 391 people in Cape Jaffa of these 55.2% were male and 44.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Cape Jaffa was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.8% of the population.

Of people in Cape Jaffa aged 15 years and over, 64.1% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cape Jaffa was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Cape Jaffa, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cape Jaffa was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Cape Jaffa 24.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.4% were in primary school, 23.2% in secondary school and 10.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cape Jaffa were Australian 37.9%, English 33.6%, Scottish 8.1%, German 7.1% and Irish 4.5%.

In Cape Jaffa, 89.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, New Zealand 1.3%, Italy 1.0%, United States of America 1.0% and South Africa 0.8%.

In Cape Jaffa, 83.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cape Jaffa were No Religion 38.7%, Anglican 17.2%, Uniting Church 13.8%, Catholic 7.4% and Lutheran 4.6%.

In Cape Jaffa 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 227 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cape Jaffa. Of these 56.4% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 1.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cape Jaffa, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cape Jaffa was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Cape Jaffa included Managers 40.6%, Labourers 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.6%, Professionals 9.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.5%, Sales Workers 5.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Cape Jaffa, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 37.3%, School Education 5.8%, Hospitals 5.3%, Beverage Manufacturing 4.4% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cape Jaffa was $489.

In Cape Jaffa, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.0%, Walked only 6.2%, Truck 2.7%, Car, as passenger 2.2% and Ferry 1.3%. 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 53.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cape Jaffa, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.1% 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 Jaffa, 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cape Jaffa, 36.0% were couple families with children, 55.9% were couple families without children and 8.1% were one parent families.

In Cape Jaffa 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cape Jaffa, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,600.

Employment status of couple families

In Cape Jaffa, of couple families with children, 19.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 29.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cape Jaffa, 72.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cape Jaffa, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cape Jaffa, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 16.6% had 2 bedrooms and 43.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cape Jaffa, 46.0% were owned outright, 28.7% were owned with a mortgage and 22.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Cape Jaffa, of all households, 74.2% were family households, 23.8% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Cape Jaffa, 29.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 Jaffa, 20.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

In Cape Jaffa, 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.