Cranbourne West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,743 people in Cranbourne West of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Cranbourne West was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.4% of the population.

Of people in Cranbourne West aged 15 years and over, 45.6% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cranbourne West was 40 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Cranbourne West, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cranbourne West was 40 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Cranbourne West 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.2% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 13.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cranbourne West were English 25.3%, Australian 23.1%, Irish 4.7%, Scottish 4.6% and Indian 4.6%.

In Cranbourne West, 64.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 5.0%, New Zealand 4.9%, England 2.8%, Sri Lanka 2.2% and Philippines 1.4%.

In Cranbourne West, 43.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 44.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cranbourne West were Catholic 23.5%, No Religion 22.8%, Anglican 12.3%, Hinduism 3.9% and Islam 3.5%.

In Cranbourne West 70.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 2.6%, Sinhalese 1.8%, Hindi 1.5%, Tamil 1.5% and Punjabi 1.5%.

Employment

There were 4,298 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cranbourne West. Of these 61.6% were employed full time, 25.1% were employed part-time and 7.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cranbourne West, 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cranbourne West was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Cranbourne West included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Labourers 16.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Professionals 8.2% and Managers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Cranbourne West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%, Road Freight Transport 3.1%, Residential Care Services 3.0% and Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cranbourne West was $587.

In Cranbourne West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.5%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Train 3.7%, Train, bus 1.2% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 7.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cranbourne West, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.3% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.3% 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 Cranbourne West, 23.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cranbourne West, 52.5% were couple families with children, 24.2% were couple families without children and 21.9% were one parent families.

In Cranbourne West 14.5% of single parents were male and 85.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cranbourne West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,701 and those without children was $1,766.

Employment status of couple families

In Cranbourne West, of couple families with children, 22.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cranbourne West, 95.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cranbourne West, 97.8% were separate houses, 0.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cranbourne West, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 4.7% had 2 bedrooms and 65.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cranbourne West, 11.1% were owned outright, 61.1% were owned with a mortgage and 25.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Cranbourne West, of all households, 79.6% were family households, 17.0% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Cranbourne West, 16.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 Cranbourne West, 32.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cranbourne West, there were 69 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 35 (or 50.7%) were male and 34 (or 49.3%) 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 Cranbourne West, 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 $1,233.

In Cranbourne West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $320 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.