Cudgera Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 386 people in Cudgera Creek of these 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Cudgera Creek was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.5% of the population.

Of people in Cudgera Creek aged 15 years and over, 49.7% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cudgera Creek was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Cudgera Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cudgera Creek was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Cudgera Creek 35.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.4% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 11.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cudgera Creek were Australian 35.2%, English 29.3%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 5.9% and German 3.4%.

In Cudgera Creek, 87.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.8%, England 1.6%, Italy 1.0%, Thailand 1.0% and Sweden 0.8%.

In Cudgera Creek, 82.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cudgera Creek were Anglican 28.9%, No Religion 27.1%, Catholic 24.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4% and Uniting Church 2.3%.

In Cudgera Creek 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Vietnamese 0.8%.

Employment

There were 203 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cudgera Creek. Of these 50.2% were employed full time, 36.0% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cudgera Creek, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cudgera Creek was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Cudgera Creek included Managers 19.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Sales Workers 13.9%, Professionals 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Labourers 10.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Cudgera Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Allied Health Services 7.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.1%, Building Installation Services 4.6% and Road Freight Transport 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cudgera Creek was $511.

In Cudgera Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.8%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Walked only 5.2%, Truck 2.1% and Bus, car as passenger 2.1%. On the day, 2.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cudgera Creek, 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, 32.3% provided care for children and 15.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.5% 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 Cudgera Creek, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cudgera Creek, 51.0% were couple families with children, 38.0% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

In Cudgera Creek 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cudgera Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,049 and those without children was $2,042.

Employment status of couple families

In Cudgera Creek, of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 26.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cudgera Creek, 85.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cudgera Creek, 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 Cudgera Creek, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 18.2% had 2 bedrooms and 34.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cudgera Creek, 36.6% were owned outright, 36.6% were owned with a mortgage and 24.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Cudgera Creek, of all households, 81.3% were family households, 16.3% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Cudgera Creek, 23.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Cudgera Creek, 24.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cudgera Creek, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) 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 Cudgera Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Cudgera Creek, 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.