Cardigan Village

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 506 people in Cardigan Village of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Cardigan Village was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 30.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.7% of the population.

Of people in Cardigan Village aged 15 years and over, 58.5% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cardigan Village was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Cardigan Village, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cardigan Village was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Cardigan Village 33.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.6% were in primary school, 14.0% in secondary school and 15.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cardigan Village were Australian 37.9%, English 28.8%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 7.2% and German 3.5%.

In Cardigan Village, 92.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.6%, South Africa 0.8%, Spain 0.8%, Switzerland 0.8% and Guatemala 0.6%.

In Cardigan Village, 84.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cardigan Village were Catholic 30.6%, No Religion 29.2%, Anglican 14.3%, Uniting Church 9.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Cardigan Village 96.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Spanish 0.6%, Italian 0.6% and Sinhalese 0.6%.

Employment

There were 266 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cardigan Village. Of these 63.5% were employed full time, 25.6% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cardigan Village, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cardigan Village was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Cardigan Village included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.7%, Professionals 15.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Labourers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.6%, Sales Workers 8.8% and Managers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Cardigan Village, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 7.2%, Building Installation Services 3.2%, Building Completion Services 3.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cardigan Village was $689.

In Cardigan Village, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 74.7%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Train, tram 1.2%, Train, car as driver 1.2% and Train, tram, car as passenger 1.2%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 81.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cardigan Village, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.9% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.4% 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 Cardigan Village, 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cardigan Village, 50.0% were couple families with children, 37.7% were couple families without children and 12.3% were one parent families.

In Cardigan Village 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cardigan Village, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,125 and those without children was $1,678.

Employment status of couple families

In Cardigan Village, of couple families with children, 30.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cardigan Village, 94.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cardigan Village, 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 Cardigan Village, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 1.8% had 2 bedrooms and 52.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cardigan Village, 19.3% were owned outright, 67.5% were owned with a mortgage and 13.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Cardigan Village, of all households, 88.0% were family households, 12.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Cardigan Village, 13.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Cardigan Village, 24.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cardigan Village, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 44.4%) were male and 5 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Cardigan Village, 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 Cardigan Village, 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.