Cecil Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,477 people in Cecil Park of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Cecil Park was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.6% of the population.

Of people in Cecil Park aged 15 years and over, 57.9% were married and 8.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cecil Park was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Cecil Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cecil Park was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Cecil Park 30.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.6% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 18.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cecil Park were Italian 16.2%, Australian 13.6%, English 9.3%, Maltese 5.9% and Assyrian 4.6%.

In Cecil Park, 60.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 4.6%, Iraq 4.5%, Fiji 2.2%, Philippines 2.0% and Malta 1.7%.

In Cecil Park, 24.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 61.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cecil Park were Catholic 49.5%, Anglican 7.7%, No Religion 6.2%, Eastern Orthodox 5.8% and Islam 4.5%.

In Cecil Park 53.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 8.6%, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 4.8%, Arabic 4.5%, Spanish 3.2% and Hindi 2.8%.

Employment

There were 806 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cecil Park. Of these 65.9% were employed full time, 22.1% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cecil Park, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cecil Park was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Cecil Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.4%, Professionals 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Managers 13.9%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4%, Labourers 6.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Cecil Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.3%, Road Freight Transport 4.0%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.3%, Building Completion Services 3.1% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cecil Park was $723.

In Cecil Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.0%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Truck 3.6%, Train, car as driver 2.5% and Train 2.3%. On the day, 7.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cecil Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.2% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.2% 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 Cecil Park, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cecil Park, 54.5% were couple families with children, 31.1% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

In Cecil Park 16.1% of single parents were male and 83.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cecil Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,348 and those without children was $2,241.

Employment status of couple families

In Cecil Park, of couple families with children, 32.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 19.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cecil Park, 92.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cecil Park, 81.5% were separate houses, 17.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cecil Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 3.4% had 2 bedrooms and 38.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cecil Park, 21.7% were owned outright, 57.5% were owned with a mortgage and 18.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Cecil Park, of all households, 87.6% were family households, 12.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Cecil Park, 8.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.5% 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 Cecil Park, 23.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cecil Park, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 33.3%) were male and 12 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Cecil Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.7, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,812.

In Cecil Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.