Cambrian Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 388 people in Cambrian Hill of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Cambrian Hill was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.2% of the population.

Of people in Cambrian Hill aged 15 years and over, 59.6% were married and 6.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cambrian Hill was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Cambrian Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cambrian Hill was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Cambrian Hill 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.6% were in primary school, 31.0% in secondary school and 14.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cambrian Hill were English 32.1%, Australian 29.9%, Irish 13.2%, Scottish 9.1% and German 2.2%.

In Cambrian Hill, 94.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Mauritius 1.0%, England 0.8%, Italy 0.8% and New Zealand 0.8%.

In Cambrian Hill, 83.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cambrian Hill were Catholic 38.8%, No Religion 21.3%, Uniting Church 13.6%, Anglican 9.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Cambrian Hill 98.4% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 215 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cambrian Hill. Of these 53.5% were employed full time, 35.8% were employed part-time and 1.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cambrian Hill, 16.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cambrian Hill was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Cambrian Hill included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Managers 13.4%, Professionals 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Labourers 10.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Cambrian Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.2%, Hospitals 5.3%, Residential Building Construction 4.8% and Building Structure Services 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cambrian Hill was $581.

In Cambrian Hill, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 70.7%, Car, as passenger 7.7% 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 77.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cambrian Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.7% provided care for children and 15.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.2% 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 Cambrian Hill, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cambrian Hill, 62.9% were couple families with children, 27.6% were couple families without children and 9.5% were one parent families.

In Cambrian Hill 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cambrian Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,946 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Cambrian Hill, of couple families with children, 17.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 32.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cambrian Hill, 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cambrian Hill, 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 Cambrian Hill, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.5% had 2 bedrooms and 49.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cambrian Hill, 32.5% were owned outright, 53.0% were owned with a mortgage and 9.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Cambrian Hill, of all households, 89.7% were family households, 7.7% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Cambrian Hill, 8.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.6% 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 Cambrian Hill, 10.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 44.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cambrian Hill, 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 8 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 Cambrian Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Cambrian Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.