Caveside

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 318 people in Caveside of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Caveside was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.2% of the population.

Of people in Caveside aged 15 years and over, 54.8% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Caveside was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Caveside, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Caveside was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Caveside 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.1% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 23.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Caveside were Australian 34.8%, English 33.4%, Scottish 8.4%, Irish 7.7% and German 3.3%.

In Caveside, 82.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, New Zealand 4.1%, Netherlands 1.9%, Sweden 1.6% and United States of America 1.3%.

In Caveside, 71.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Caveside were No Religion 35.1%, Anglican 16.9%, Catholic 13.2%, Christian, nfd 6.3% and Uniting Church 6.0%.

In Caveside 95.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.9% and Swedish 0.9%.

Employment

There were 151 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Caveside. Of these 60.9% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Caveside, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Caveside was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Caveside included Managers 42.3%, Labourers 12.7%, Professionals 11.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.5%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.3% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Caveside, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 21.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.6%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.2%, Residential Care Services 4.2% and Building Installation Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Caveside was $428.

In Caveside, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.6%, Walked only 7.0%, Motorbike/scooter 3.5%, Truck 2.8% and Other 2.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Caveside, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.0% 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 Caveside, 23.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Caveside, 38.3% were couple families with children, 45.7% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

In Caveside 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Caveside, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,607 and those without children was $2,187.

Employment status of couple families

In Caveside, of couple families with children, 28.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 15.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Caveside, 88.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Caveside, 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 Caveside, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 9.2% had 2 bedrooms and 52.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Caveside, 50.8% were owned outright, 25.8% were owned with a mortgage and 18.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Caveside, of all households, 79.2% were family households, 20.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Caveside, 28.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.6% 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 Caveside, 21.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Caveside, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 21.7%) were male and 18 (or 78.3%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Caveside, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,031.

In Caveside, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,073.