Cardross

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 779 people in Cardross of these 54.3% were male and 45.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Cardross was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.7% of the population.

Of people in Cardross aged 15 years and over, 52.1% were married and 8.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cardross was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Cardross, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cardross was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Cardross 32.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.8% were in primary school, 24.8% in secondary school and 10.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cardross were Australian 29.9%, English 29.2%, Irish 7.1%, Scottish 7.0% and Italian 6.6%.

In Cardross, 85.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Turkey 1.4%, Italy 1.3%, England 0.9%, Colombia 0.4% and Germany 0.4%.

In Cardross, 77.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cardross were No Religion 30.1%, Catholic 23.9%, Anglican 16.0%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Pentecostal 2.4%.

In Cardross 87.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Turkish 2.7%, Italian 2.1%, Greek 0.4%, Hungarian 0.4% and Croatian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 390 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cardross. Of these 58.7% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cardross, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cardross was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Cardross included Managers 20.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Professionals 13.8%, Labourers 12.2%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Cardross, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 11.2%, Road Freight Transport 5.3%, Residential Building Construction 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7% and Beverage Manufacturing 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cardross was $510.

In Cardross, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.4%, Walked only 4.0%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Bicycle 1.1% and Car as driver, car as passenger 1.1%. 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 75.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cardross, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.3% provided care for children and 15.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 Cardross, 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cardross, 52.7% were couple families with children, 36.0% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In Cardross 31.6% of single parents were male and 68.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cardross, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,812.

Employment status of couple families

In Cardross, of couple families with children, 23.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 29.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cardross, 87.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cardross, 97.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Cardross, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 13.5% had 2 bedrooms and 49.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cardross, 35.1% were owned outright, 45.0% were owned with a mortgage and 15.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Cardross, of all households, 73.7% were family households, 25.2% were single person households and 1.1% were group households.

In Cardross, 26.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 Cardross, 22.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cardross, 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 Cardross, 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 Cardross, 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.