Cedar Grove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,020 people in Cedar Grove of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Cedar Grove was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.2% of the population.

Of people in Cedar Grove aged 15 years and over, 55.2% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cedar Grove was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Cedar Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cedar Grove was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Cedar Grove 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.3% were in primary school, 30.1% in secondary school and 10.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cedar Grove were English 32.1%, Australian 29.7%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 7.0% and German 4.8%.

In Cedar Grove, 77.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.5%, New Zealand 5.0%, Netherlands 0.8%, Scotland 0.8% and Germany 0.6%.

In Cedar Grove, 59.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cedar Grove were Anglican 25.9%, Catholic 23.4%, No Religion 22.6%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Cedar Grove 93.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Dutch 0.4%, Japanese 0.4%, Auslan 0.2% and Italian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,076 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cedar Grove. Of these 62.6% were employed full time, 25.7% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cedar Grove, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cedar Grove was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Cedar Grove included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.6%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Labourers 11.4%, Professionals 10.8%, Managers 9.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%.

Of the employed people in Cedar Grove, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Road Freight Transport 3.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%, Residential Building Construction 2.8% and Hospitals 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cedar Grove was $640.

In Cedar Grove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.1%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Truck 2.5%, Bus, car as driver 1.4% and Bus 1.1%. On the day, 3.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cedar Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.4% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.7% 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 Grove, 30.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cedar Grove, 52.7% were couple families with children, 35.2% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

In Cedar Grove 21.5% of single parents were male and 78.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cedar Grove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,096 and those without children was $1,919.

Employment status of couple families

In Cedar Grove, of couple families with children, 27.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 21.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cedar Grove, 97.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cedar Grove, 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 Cedar Grove, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 1.9% had 2 bedrooms and 40.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cedar Grove, 22.0% were owned outright, 66.6% were owned with a mortgage and 9.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Cedar Grove, of all households, 87.4% were family households, 10.8% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Cedar Grove, 12.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.4% 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 Cedar Grove, 18.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cedar Grove, there were 27 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 51.9%) were male and 13 (or 48.1%) 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 Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,299.

In Cedar Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,080.