Cavendish

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 374 people in Cavendish of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Cavendish was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.6% of the population.

Of people in Cavendish aged 15 years and over, 60.9% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cavendish was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Cavendish, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cavendish was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Cavendish 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.1% were in primary school, 31.4% in secondary school and 5.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cavendish were English 34.9%, Australian 31.2%, Scottish 10.7%, Irish 9.3% and German 6.2%.

In Cavendish, 93.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.1%, New Zealand 0.8% and United States of America 0.8%.

In Cavendish, 89.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cavendish were Uniting Church 32.1%, Catholic 22.7%, No Religion 17.6%, Anglican 12.0% and Lutheran 5.3%.

In Cavendish 97.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Maltese 0.8%.

Employment

There were 198 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cavendish. Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 35.4% were employed part-time and 2.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cavendish, 17.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cavendish was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Cavendish included Managers 40.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Labourers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Professionals 9.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.8%, Sales Workers 5.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Cavendish, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 41.7%, Hospitals 5.7%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 4.7%, Agricultural Product Wholesaling 4.2% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cavendish was $501.

In Cavendish, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.5%, Walked only 11.3%, Car, as passenger 3.1%, Truck 1.5% and Other 1.5%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cavendish, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 44.3% 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 Cavendish, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cavendish, 43.2% were couple families with children, 38.7% were couple families without children and 18.0% were one parent families.

In Cavendish 38.9% of single parents were male and 61.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cavendish, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,788 and those without children was $1,292.

Employment status of couple families

In Cavendish, of couple families with children, 20.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 24.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cavendish, 86.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cavendish, 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 Cavendish, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 8.6% had 2 bedrooms and 60.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cavendish, 47.4% were owned outright, 29.2% were owned with a mortgage and 19.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Cavendish, of all households, 79.6% were family households, 18.2% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Cavendish, 25.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.9% 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 Cavendish, 20.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cavendish, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 70 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 Cavendish, 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 Cavendish, 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.