Campbell Town

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 994 people in Campbell Town of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Campbell Town was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.4% of the population.

Of people in Campbell Town aged 15 years and over, 47.2% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Campbell Town was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Campbell Town, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Campbell Town was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Campbell Town 21.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.3% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 12.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Campbell Town were English 36.3%, Australian 35.0%, Scottish 7.8%, Irish 7.6% and German 3.5%.

In Campbell Town, 86.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, New Zealand 0.6%, Scotland 0.6%, Germany 0.5% and India 0.5%.

In Campbell Town, 82.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Campbell Town were Anglican 44.7%, No Religion 21.3%, Catholic 12.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1% and Uniting Church 3.0%.

In Campbell Town 95.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 0.5%, German 0.3%, Hungarian 0.3% and Cebuano 0.3%.

Employment

There were 428 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Campbell Town. Of these 51.9% were employed full time, 37.9% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Campbell Town, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Campbell Town was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Campbell Town included Labourers 21.2%, Managers 17.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.4%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Professionals 7.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Campbell Town, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 18.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 12.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.6%, State Government Administration 3.9% and Bakery Product Manufacturing 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Campbell Town was $386.

In Campbell Town, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.8%, Walked only 13.4%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Truck 2.0% and Other 1.7%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Campbell Town, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.3% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.0% 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 Campbell Town, 23.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Campbell Town, 31.3% were couple families with children, 51.2% were couple families without children and 16.4% were one parent families.

In Campbell Town 20.9% of single parents were male and 79.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Campbell Town, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,426 and those without children was $1,228.

Employment status of couple families

In Campbell Town, of couple families with children, 13.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.1% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Campbell Town, 72.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Campbell Town, 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 Campbell Town, of occupied private dwellings 6.1% had 1 bedroom, 24.9% had 2 bedrooms and 48.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Campbell Town, 44.9% were owned outright, 22.4% were owned with a mortgage and 29.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Campbell Town, of all households, 64.0% were family households, 34.0% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Campbell Town, 44.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.8% 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 Campbell Town, 35.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Campbell Town, there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 69.2%) were male and 8 (or 30.8%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Campbell Town, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,166.

In Campbell Town, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $208 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $600.