Cabbage Tree Point (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 441 people in Cabbage Tree Point (L) of these 54.2% were male and 45.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Cabbage Tree Point (L) was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.4% of the population.

Of people in Cabbage Tree Point (L) aged 15 years and over, 59.9% were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cabbage Tree Point (L) was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Cabbage Tree Point (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 60.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cabbage Tree Point (L) was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Cabbage Tree Point (L) 20.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 13.3% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cabbage Tree Point (L) were Australian 32.5%, English 31.7%, Scottish 8.9%, Irish 7.9% and German 5.9%.

In Cabbage Tree Point (L), 81.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.7%, New Zealand 4.8%, Philippines 0.9%, South Africa 0.9% and Germany 0.7%.

In Cabbage Tree Point (L), 66.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cabbage Tree Point (L) were Anglican 24.5%, No Religion 19.0%, Catholic 18.8%, Lutheran 10.0% and Uniting Church 6.8%.

In Cabbage Tree Point (L) 96.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Hungarian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 241 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cabbage Tree Point (L). Of these 61.8% were employed full time, 28.2% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cabbage Tree Point (L), 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cabbage Tree Point (L) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Cabbage Tree Point (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.0%, Managers 13.8%, Professionals 12.1%, Labourers 10.3%, Sales Workers 7.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Cabbage Tree Point (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.2%, Building Installation Services 4.3%, Allied Health Services 3.9%, Local Government Administration 3.0% and Other Transport Equipment Manufacturing 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cabbage Tree Point (L) was $631.

In Cabbage Tree Point (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.7%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Truck 3.0%, Bus, car as driver 3.0% and Train 1.7%. On the day, 5.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cabbage Tree Point (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.1% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.4% 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 Cabbage Tree Point (L), 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cabbage Tree Point (L), 36.2% were couple families with children, 52.9% were couple families without children and 6.5% were one parent families.

In Cabbage Tree Point (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cabbage Tree Point (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,214 and those without children was $2,055.

Employment status of couple families

In Cabbage Tree Point (L), of couple families with children, 17.6% had both partners employed full-time, 7.2% had both employed part-time and 25.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cabbage Tree Point (L), 87.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cabbage Tree Point (L), 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 Cabbage Tree Point (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 14.4% had 2 bedrooms and 42.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cabbage Tree Point (L), 33.9% were owned outright, 43.2% were owned with a mortgage and 20.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Cabbage Tree Point (L), of all households, 75.7% were family households, 19.9% were single person households and 4.4% were group households.

In Cabbage Tree Point (L), 21.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.9% 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 Cabbage Tree Point (L), 33.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cabbage Tree Point (L), there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 5 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 55 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 Cabbage Tree Point (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Cabbage Tree Point (L), 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.