Crescent Head (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 979 people in Crescent Head (L) of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Crescent Head (L) was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.8% of the population.

Of people in Crescent Head (L) aged 15 years and over, 42.2% were married and 19.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Crescent Head (L) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Crescent Head (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 43.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Crescent Head (L) was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Crescent Head (L) 26.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.3% were in primary school, 26.4% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Crescent Head (L) were Australian 32.2%, English 30.0%, Irish 10.4%, Scottish 9.0% and German 3.1%.

In Crescent Head (L), 85.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.9%, New Zealand 0.9%, Philippines 0.7%, South Africa 0.6% and Uganda 0.5%.

In Crescent Head (L), 77.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Crescent Head (L) were Catholic 24.5%, Anglican 24.2%, No Religion 22.7%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Crescent Head (L) 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, Thai 0.4%, French 0.3%, Polish 0.3% and Tagalog 0.3%.

Employment

There were 449 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Crescent Head (L). Of these 50.6% were employed full time, 35.4% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Crescent Head (L), 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Crescent Head (L) was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Crescent Head (L) included Professionals 32.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Managers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.6%, Sales Workers 7.7%, Labourers 7.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Crescent Head (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 18.4%, Hospitals 3.8%, Clubs (Hospitality) 3.6%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.3% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Crescent Head (L) was $538.

In Crescent Head (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.2%, Walked only 7.6%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Bus 1.9% and Bicycle 1.2%. On the day, 1.2% 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 Crescent Head (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.5% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% 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 Crescent Head (L), 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Crescent Head (L), 27.4% were couple families with children, 49.5% were couple families without children and 21.4% were one parent families.

In Crescent Head (L) 25.4% of single parents were male and 74.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Crescent Head (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,531 and those without children was $1,937.

Employment status of couple families

In Crescent Head (L), of couple families with children, 14.8% had both partners employed full-time, 7.7% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Crescent Head (L), 70.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Crescent Head (L), 77.2% were separate houses, 4.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.6% were flats, units or apartments and 3.6% were other dwellings.

In Crescent Head (L), of occupied private dwellings 7.0% had 1 bedroom, 27.4% had 2 bedrooms and 42.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Crescent Head (L), 40.0% were owned outright, 24.3% were owned with a mortgage and 32.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Crescent Head (L), of all households, 63.0% were family households, 34.2% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Crescent Head (L), 32.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.5% 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 Crescent Head (L), 44.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Crescent Head (L), there were 35 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 42.9%) were male and 20 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 39 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 Crescent Head (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $582.

In Crescent Head (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.