Cecil Plains

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 678 people in Cecil Plains of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Cecil Plains was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.4% of the population.

Of people in Cecil Plains aged 15 years and over, 59.6% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cecil Plains was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Cecil Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cecil Plains was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Cecil Plains 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.0% were in primary school, 31.0% in secondary school and 5.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cecil Plains were Australian 30.2%, English 28.8%, Scottish 10.6%, Irish 10.5% and German 8.1%.

In Cecil Plains, 87.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.5%, South Africa 1.2%, England 0.7%, Germany 0.6% and Austria 0.4%.

In Cecil Plains, 85.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cecil Plains were Anglican 28.0%, Catholic 20.3%, No Religion 11.7%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3%.

In Cecil Plains 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.0%, Afrikaans 0.6%, Italian 0.4%, Filipino 0.4% and Japanese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 308 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cecil Plains. Of these 70.1% were employed full time, 22.4% were employed part-time and 1.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cecil Plains, 7.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cecil Plains was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Cecil Plains included Managers 34.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 18.4%, Labourers 18.4%, Professionals 8.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 2.6% and Sales Workers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Cecil Plains, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 28.3%, Other Crop Growing 11.2%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 7.2%, School Education 5.9% and Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 4.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cecil Plains was $526.

In Cecil Plains, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.6%, Walked only 12.3%, Truck 2.0%, Car, as passenger 1.7% and Bicycle 1.7%. 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 54.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cecil Plains, 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, 28.2% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.9% 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 Cecil Plains, 23.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cecil Plains, 43.4% were couple families with children, 46.9% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Cecil Plains 52.6% of single parents were male and 47.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cecil Plains, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Cecil Plains, of couple families with children, 22.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 22.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cecil Plains, 80.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cecil Plains, 97.4% were separate houses, 1.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

In Cecil Plains, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 10.9% had 2 bedrooms and 47.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cecil Plains, 32.6% were owned outright, 20.4% were owned with a mortgage and 42.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Cecil Plains, of all households, 76.3% were family households, 22.0% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Cecil Plains, 22.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.4% 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 Cecil Plains, 28.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cecil Plains, there were 27 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 55.6%) were male and 12 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Cecil Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,025.

In Cecil Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.