Caversham

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,694 people in Caversham of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Caversham was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.3% of the population.

Of people in Caversham aged 15 years and over, 48.3% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Caversham was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Caversham, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Caversham was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Caversham 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.5% were in primary school, 21.7% in secondary school and 14.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Caversham were Australian 28.1%, English 25.6%, Scottish 5.7%, Irish 4.6% and Italian 4.5%.

In Caversham, 66.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.7%, New Zealand 3.9%, India 2.4%, Philippines 1.6% and Croatia 1.3%.

In Caversham, 43.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Caversham were Catholic 29.6%, No Religion 23.6%, Anglican 17.7%, Christian, nfd 3.7% and Pentecostal 2.2%.

In Caversham 81.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Croatian 1.7%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Italian 1.2%, Tagalog 0.9% and Filipino 0.8%.

Employment

There were 1,422 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Caversham. Of these 61.3% were employed full time, 27.6% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Caversham, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Caversham was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Caversham included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Professionals 12.6%, Managers 11.2%, Labourers 11.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7%, Sales Workers 8.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%.

Of the employed people in Caversham, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Hospitals 2.9%, Residential Care Services 2.9%, Road Freight Transport 2.8% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Caversham was $666.

In Caversham, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.5%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Train 2.0%, Train, car as driver 2.0% and Truck 1.9%. On the day, 7.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Caversham, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.4% provided care for children and 10.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.4% 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 Caversham, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Caversham, 48.6% were couple families with children, 33.6% were couple families without children and 15.8% were one parent families.

In Caversham 12.2% of single parents were male and 87.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Caversham, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,074 and those without children was $2,208.

Employment status of couple families

In Caversham, of couple families with children, 23.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 27.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Caversham, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Caversham, 85.0% were separate houses, 5.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 9.3% were other dwellings.

In Caversham, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 8.9% had 2 bedrooms and 23.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Caversham, 27.1% were owned outright, 50.5% were owned with a mortgage and 19.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Caversham, of all households, 76.3% were family households, 21.6% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Caversham, 18.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.5% 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 Caversham, 28.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Caversham, there were 135 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 67 (or 49.6%) were male and 68 (or 50.4%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Caversham, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,291.

In Caversham, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $135 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,001.