Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 832 people in Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld) of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.8% of the population.

Of people in Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld) aged 15 years and over, 54.4% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld) 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.5% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 15.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld) were Australian 34.8%, English 29.8%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 6.8% and German 6.0%.

In Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), 82.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, New Zealand 4.0%, Germany 0.8%, South Africa 0.6% and Lebanon 0.5%.

In Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), 66.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld) were No Religion 25.6%, Anglican 23.0%, Catholic 19.4%, Uniting Church 6.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.7%.

In Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld) 94.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.6%, Hindi 0.5%, Korean 0.5% and Arabic 0.4%.

Employment

There were 445 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld). Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld) included Managers 16.3%, Professionals 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1% and Labourers 8.8%.

Of the employed people in Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%, Residential Building Construction 2.8%, Building Completion Services 2.8% and Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld) was $609.

In Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.4%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Truck 4.4%, Walked only 2.1% and Other 1.6%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.4% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.3% 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 Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), 51.1% were couple families with children, 38.7% were couple families without children and 8.9% were one parent families.

In Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld) 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,333 and those without children was $1,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), of couple families with children, 21.4% had both partners employed full-time, 8.6% had both employed part-time and 23.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), 96.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 7.3% had 2 bedrooms and 42.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), 32.2% were owned outright, 51.4% were owned with a mortgage and 13.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), of all households, 82.5% were family households, 13.5% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), 18.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.3% 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 Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), 16.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 53.3%) were male and 14 (or 46.7%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Cedar Creek (Gold Coast - Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $764.