Ceres

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 236 people in Ceres of these 46.6% were male and 53.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Ceres was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.6% of the population.

Of people in Ceres aged 15 years and over, 58.9% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ceres was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Ceres, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 1.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ceres was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Ceres 35.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.4% were in primary school, 36.9% in secondary school and 10.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ceres were English 36.8%, Australian 22.6%, Irish 14.5%, Scottish 8.8% and German 3.1%.

In Ceres, 84.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 6.3%, Colombia 1.3%, Germany 1.3% and Spain 1.3%.

In Ceres, 78.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ceres were Catholic 36.1%, No Religion 16.8%, Anglican 12.2%, Uniting Church 12.2% and Baptist 2.9%.

In Ceres 94.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Spanish 2.1%.

Employment

There were 129 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ceres. Of these 50.4% were employed full time, 40.3% were employed part-time and 2.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ceres, 22.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ceres was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Ceres included Professionals 22.0%, Sales Workers 18.1%, Managers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.4% and Labourers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Ceres, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.4%, Building Completion Services 6.3%, Department Stores 6.3%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 5.5% and Hospitals 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ceres was $561.

In Ceres, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.1%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Bus 2.4%, Bus, car as passenger, other 2.4% and Walked only 2.4%. On the day, 4.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ceres, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.0% 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 Ceres, 22.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ceres, 56.9% were couple families with children, 29.2% were couple families without children and 13.8% were one parent families.

In Ceres 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ceres, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,874 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Ceres, of couple families with children, 18.6% had both partners employed full-time, 6.8% had both employed part-time and 30.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ceres, 93.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ceres, 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 Ceres, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.7% had 2 bedrooms and 42.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ceres, 40.3% were owned outright, 48.1% were owned with a mortgage and 11.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Ceres, of all households, 84.6% were family households, 15.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Ceres, 13.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.4% 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 Ceres, 24.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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