Cushnie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 235 people in Cushnie of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Cushnie was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.3% of the population.

Of people in Cushnie aged 15 years and over, 52.5% were married and 20.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cushnie was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 18 years.

In Cushnie, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cushnie was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Cushnie 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.0% were in primary school, 18.0% in secondary school and 24.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cushnie were Australian 36.3%, English 19.9%, German 11.6%, Scottish 8.7% and Irish 7.1%.

In Cushnie, 89.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 3.9% and England 2.6%.

In Cushnie, 79.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cushnie were No Religion 23.5%, Anglican 13.2%, Uniting Church 12.0%, Catholic 8.1% and Christian, nfd 8.1%.

In Cushnie 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 88 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cushnie. Of these 55.7% were employed full time, 29.5% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cushnie, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cushnie was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Cushnie included Managers 24.4%, Labourers 22.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.2%, Professionals 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.5% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Cushnie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 15.7%, Other Crop Growing 8.4%, Poultry Farming 4.8%, Other Livestock Farming 4.8% and Land Development and Site Preparation Services 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cushnie was $279.

In Cushnie, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 53.0%, Walked only 8.4% and Car, as passenger 4.8%. 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 54.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cushnie, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 15.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.2% 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 Cushnie, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 21.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cushnie, 32.4% were couple families with children, 54.9% were couple families without children and 12.7% were one parent families.

In Cushnie 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cushnie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,333 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Cushnie, of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 8.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cushnie, 76.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cushnie, 93.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.4% were other dwellings.

In Cushnie, of occupied private dwellings 6.3% had 1 bedroom, 18.9% had 2 bedrooms and 34.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cushnie, 42.4% were owned outright, 26.1% were owned with a mortgage and 26.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Cushnie, of all households, 74.2% were family households, 25.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Cushnie, 52.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.4% 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 Cushnie, 27.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cushnie, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 52.6%) were male and 9 (or 47.4%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Cushnie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

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