Ceduna

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,068 people in Ceduna of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 23.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Ceduna was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.2% of the population.

Of people in Ceduna aged 15 years and over, 42.0% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ceduna was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Ceduna, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ceduna was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Ceduna 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.5% were in primary school, 19.4% in secondary school and 7.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ceduna were Australian 32.9%, English 27.7%, Australian Aboriginal 7.6%, German 6.7% and Irish 6.2%.

In Ceduna, 88.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, New Zealand 1.2%, India 0.3%, Thailand 0.3% and Cook Islands 0.3%.

In Ceduna, 84.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ceduna were Lutheran 26.0%, No Religion 22.1%, Anglican 13.1%, Catholic 11.9% and Uniting Church 11.1%.

In Ceduna 89.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Pitjantjatjara 1.0%, Greek 0.9%, Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 0.7%, Kukatha 0.7% and Thai 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,010 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ceduna. Of these 59.8% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ceduna, 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ceduna was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Ceduna included Technicians and Trades Workers 14.8%, Labourers 14.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.9%, Managers 13.0%, Professionals 12.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.4% and Sales Workers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Ceduna, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.8%, Accommodation 4.6%, Road Freight Transport 4.4%, Hospitals 4.0% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ceduna was $577.

In Ceduna, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.9%, Walked only 11.5%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Bicycle 1.9% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 0.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ceduna, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.4% 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 Ceduna, 30.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ceduna, 35.6% were couple families with children, 43.4% were couple families without children and 18.4% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Ceduna, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,846 and those without children was $1,714.

Employment status of couple families

In Ceduna, of couple families with children, 22.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 23.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ceduna, 83.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ceduna, 88.3% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.4% were flats, units or apartments and 3.4% were other dwellings.

In Ceduna, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 11.5% had 2 bedrooms and 57.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ceduna, 29.9% were owned outright, 26.2% were owned with a mortgage and 38.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Ceduna, of all households, 67.5% were family households, 30.1% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Ceduna, 27.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 Ceduna, 36.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ceduna, there were 493 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 226 (or 45.8%) were male and 267 (or 54.2%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Ceduna, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Ceduna, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $129 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.