Cluden

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 509 people in Cluden of these 53.2% were male and 46.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Cluden was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.8% of the population.

Of people in Cluden aged 15 years and over, 48.2% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cluden was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Cluden, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cluden was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Cluden 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.3% were in primary school, 14.4% in secondary school and 14.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cluden were Australian 35.3%, English 27.9%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 5.1% and German 3.9%.

In Cluden, 80.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.5%, England 2.3%, Scotland 0.8%, Egypt 0.6% and France 0.6%.

In Cluden, 78.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cluden were Catholic 28.0%, No Religion 21.5%, Anglican 19.8%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Cluden 87.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 0.8% and Italian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 294 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cluden. Of these 61.2% were employed full time, 26.2% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cluden, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cluden was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Cluden included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.3%, Labourers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.6%, Managers 9.6%, Sales Workers 7.4% and Professionals 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Cluden, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.4%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.6%, Road Freight Transport 4.6%, Accommodation 4.2% and Building Installation Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cluden was $673.

In Cluden, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Motorbike/scooter 4.3%, Walked only 2.1% and Bicycle 1.4%. 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 75.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cluden, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.9% provided care for children and 8.0% 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 Cluden, 30.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cluden, 35.5% were couple families with children, 49.6% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Cluden 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cluden, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,230 and those without children was $1,770.

Employment status of couple families

In Cluden, of couple families with children, 31.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cluden, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cluden, 78.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 21.6% were other dwellings.

In Cluden, of occupied private dwellings 12.9% had 1 bedroom, 5.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cluden, 37.2% were owned outright, 43.6% were owned with a mortgage and 12.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Cluden, of all households, 80.2% were family households, 18.0% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Cluden, 12.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Cluden, 25.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cluden, there were 32 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 59.4%) were male and 13 (or 40.6%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Cluden, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Cluden, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $355 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,742.