Cumberland Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,485 people in Cumberland Park of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Cumberland Park was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.4% of the population.

Of people in Cumberland Park aged 15 years and over, 49.6% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cumberland Park was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Cumberland Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cumberland Park was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Cumberland Park 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.9% were in primary school, 16.7% in secondary school and 28.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cumberland Park were Australian 27.9%, English 25.8%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.2% and German 5.5%.

In Cumberland Park, 79.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 1.4%, Greece 1.3%, India 1.0% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.0%.

In Cumberland Park, 61.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cumberland Park were No Religion 29.0%, Catholic 22.7%, Anglican 12.8%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Eastern Orthodox 6.1%.

In Cumberland Park 82.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 4.2%, Italian 1.9%, Mandarin 1.0%, French 0.6% and Cantonese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,385 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cumberland Park. Of these 58.3% were employed full time, 32.2% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cumberland Park, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cumberland Park was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Cumberland Park included Professionals 30.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Managers 12.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Labourers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Cumberland Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.5%, School Education 4.6%, State Government Administration 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cumberland Park was $730.

In Cumberland Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.7%, Bus 7.0%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Bicycle 2.9% and Walked only 2.3%. On the day, 8.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cumberland Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.5% 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, 22.8% 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 Cumberland Park, 32.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cumberland Park, 51.2% were couple families with children, 33.9% were couple families without children and 13.2% were one parent families.

In Cumberland Park 21.2% of single parents were male and 78.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cumberland Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,658 and those without children was $2,276.

Employment status of couple families

In Cumberland Park, of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 34.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cumberland Park, 92.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cumberland Park, 73.6% were separate houses, 4.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 22.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cumberland Park, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 32.0% had 2 bedrooms and 44.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cumberland Park, 32.0% were owned outright, 39.8% were owned with a mortgage and 23.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Cumberland Park, of all households, 66.1% were family households, 29.0% were single person households and 4.9% were group households.

In Cumberland Park, 19.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.0% 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 Cumberland Park, 38.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cumberland Park, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 46.2%) were male and 7 (or 53.8%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Cumberland Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $774.

In Cumberland Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $60 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,200.