Cranbourne East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,211 people in Cranbourne East of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Cranbourne East was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.1% of the population.

Of people in Cranbourne East aged 15 years and over, 55.4% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cranbourne East was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Cranbourne East, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cranbourne East was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Cranbourne East 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.7% were in primary school, 18.7% in secondary school and 15.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cranbourne East were English 25.0%, Australian 24.4%, Scottish 6.4%, Irish 5.5% and Indian 4.9%.

In Cranbourne East, 65.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 5.0%, England 4.4%, New Zealand 2.9%, Sri Lanka 2.2% and Philippines 1.1%.

In Cranbourne East, 44.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cranbourne East were No Religion 24.9%, Catholic 24.7%, Anglican 13.8%, Hinduism 3.2% and Uniting Church 3.2%.

In Cranbourne East 73.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Sinhalese 1.9%, Punjabi 1.4%, Malayalam 1.3%, Spanish 1.2% and Hindi 1.1%.

Employment

There were 3,997 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cranbourne East. Of these 65.8% were employed full time, 23.4% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cranbourne East, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cranbourne East was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Cranbourne East included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Professionals 15.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.1%, Managers 10.0%, Labourers 9.9%, Sales Workers 9.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%.

Of the employed people in Cranbourne East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 3.4%, School Education 3.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.7% and Residential Care Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cranbourne East was $639.

In Cranbourne East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.0%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Train 3.5%, Train, bus 1.3% and Train, car as driver 1.2%. On the day, 7.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cranbourne East, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.6% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.8% 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 Cranbourne East, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cranbourne East, 50.8% were couple families with children, 35.2% were couple families without children and 12.6% were one parent families.

In Cranbourne East 14.4% of single parents were male and 85.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cranbourne East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,964 and those without children was $2,040.

Employment status of couple families

In Cranbourne East, of couple families with children, 26.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cranbourne East, 93.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cranbourne East, 97.7% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cranbourne East, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 10.3% had 2 bedrooms and 42.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cranbourne East, 18.0% were owned outright, 58.9% were owned with a mortgage and 16.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Cranbourne East, of all households, 81.0% were family households, 16.5% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Cranbourne East, 16.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.7% 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 Cranbourne East, 30.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cranbourne East, there were 42 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 47.6%) were male and 22 (or 52.4%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Cranbourne East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,594.

In Cranbourne East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,058.