Cedar Party

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 327 people in Cedar Party of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Cedar Party was 55 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.2% of the population.

Of people in Cedar Party aged 15 years and over, 62.2% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cedar Party was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Cedar Party, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cedar Party was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Cedar Party 18.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.9% were in primary school, 47.5% in secondary school and 15.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cedar Party were English 33.3%, Australian 32.6%, Scottish 12.4%, Irish 10.7% and German 1.9%.

In Cedar Party, 89.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.6%, Austria 0.9%, Germany 0.9% and Philippines 0.9%.

In Cedar Party, 82.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cedar Party were Anglican 39.8%, Catholic 18.7%, No Religion 17.4%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Cedar Party 95.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Arabic 0.9% and Tagalog 0.9%.

Employment

There were 162 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cedar Party. Of these 59.9% were employed full time, 30.9% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cedar Party, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cedar Party was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Cedar Party included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.0%, Professionals 15.7%, Managers 14.4%, Sales Workers 13.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Labourers 9.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Cedar Party, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.8%, Residential Care Services 6.5%, Road Freight Transport 4.6%, Hospitals 4.6% and Metal Container Manufacturing 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cedar Party was $409.

In Cedar Party, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 74.7%, Car, as passenger 2.6%, Walked only 2.6% and Truck 1.9%. 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 75.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cedar Party, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.6% provided care for children and 16.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.2% 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 Cedar Party, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cedar Party, 31.2% were couple families with children, 56.2% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Cedar Party 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cedar Party, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,166 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Cedar Party, of couple families with children, 19.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 17.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cedar Party, 95.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cedar Party, 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 Cedar Party, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 7.6% had 2 bedrooms and 44.3% 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 Cedar Party, 54.9% were owned outright, 33.1% were owned with a mortgage and 9.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Cedar Party, of all households, 76.3% were family households, 20.6% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Cedar Party, 27.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.5% 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 Cedar Party, 33.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cedar Party, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 55.6%) were male and 4 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 9 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 Cedar Party, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Cedar Party, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.