Cedar Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,971 people in Cedar Vale of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Cedar Vale was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.6% of the population.

Of people in Cedar Vale aged 15 years and over, 56.8% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cedar Vale was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Cedar Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cedar Vale was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Cedar Vale 32.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.1% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 10.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cedar Vale were English 33.1%, Australian 30.9%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 7.4% and German 4.1%.

In Cedar Vale, 80.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.9%, New Zealand 4.8%, Scotland 0.6%, Germany 0.4% and Netherlands 0.4%.

In Cedar Vale, 63.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cedar Vale were No Religion 24.9%, Anglican 22.3%, Catholic 19.6%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Christian, nfd 3.5%.

In Cedar Vale 93.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.5%, Serbian 0.4%, Mandarin 0.3%, Hmong 0.3% and German 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,493 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cedar Vale. Of these 61.0% were employed full time, 26.7% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cedar Vale, 8.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cedar Vale was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Cedar Vale included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.8%, Professionals 10.9%, Labourers 10.4%, Managers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8% and Sales Workers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Cedar Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.0%, Road Freight Transport 4.4%, Hospitals 3.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cedar Vale was $652.

In Cedar Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.3%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Truck 3.5%, Motorbike/scooter 1.5% and Bus, car as driver 0.7%. On the day, 2.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cedar Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.0% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.8% 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 Cedar Vale, 27.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cedar Vale, 56.8% were couple families with children, 31.5% were couple families without children and 11.4% were one parent families.

In Cedar Vale 21.7% of single parents were male and 78.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cedar Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,163 and those without children was $2,021.

Employment status of couple families

In Cedar Vale, of couple families with children, 23.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 25.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cedar Vale, 95.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cedar Vale, 99.1% were separate houses, 0.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cedar Vale, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 3.7% had 2 bedrooms and 27.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cedar Vale, 18.2% were owned outright, 70.2% were owned with a mortgage and 9.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Cedar Vale, of all households, 88.0% were family households, 10.3% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Cedar Vale, 14.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.5% 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 Vale, 19.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cedar Vale, there were 68 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 34 (or 50.0%) were male and 34 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,166.

In Cedar Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $255 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,231.