Cumberland Reach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 197 people in Cumberland Reach of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Cumberland Reach was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.2% of the population.

Of people in Cumberland Reach aged 15 years and over, 61.3% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cumberland Reach was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Cumberland Reach, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cumberland Reach was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Cumberland Reach 35.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.1% were in primary school, 15.7% in secondary school and 8.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cumberland Reach were Australian 32.1%, English 25.0%, Irish 7.1%, Scottish 4.8% and German 4.0%.

In Cumberland Reach, 78.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.5%, Hungary 1.5%, Malaysia 1.5%, New Zealand 1.5% and South Eastern Europe (includes Yugoslavia) 1.5%.

In Cumberland Reach, 74.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cumberland Reach were Catholic 30.3%, Anglican 28.2%, No Religion 13.8%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In Cumberland Reach 84.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Hungarian 1.5%.

Employment

There were 101 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cumberland Reach. Of these 66.3% were employed full time, 28.7% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cumberland Reach, 5.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cumberland Reach was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 29 years.

The most common occupations in Cumberland Reach included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.7%, Labourers 14.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.5%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Managers 8.3% and Professionals 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Cumberland Reach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Structure Services 5.2%, Public Order and Safety Services 4.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.1%, Poultry Farming 3.1% and Bakery Product Manufacturing 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cumberland Reach was $666.

In Cumberland Reach, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 77.6%, Truck 3.1% and Car as driver, truck 3.1%. 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 80.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cumberland Reach, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 6.0% 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 Cumberland Reach, 19.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cumberland Reach, 41.1% were couple families with children, 46.4% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Cumberland Reach 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cumberland Reach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,031 and those without children was $1,785.

Employment status of couple families

In Cumberland Reach, of couple families with children, 32.7% had both partners employed full-time, 10.2% had both employed part-time and 28.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cumberland Reach, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cumberland Reach, 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 Cumberland Reach, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.5% had 2 bedrooms and 34.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cumberland Reach, 22.0% were owned outright, 67.8% were owned with a mortgage and 5.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Cumberland Reach, of all households, 90.9% were family households, 9.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Cumberland Reach, 15.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.8% 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 Cumberland Reach, 17.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cumberland Reach, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 36.4%) were male and 7 (or 63.6%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Cumberland Reach, 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 $500.

In Cumberland Reach, 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.