Cardup

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 972 people in Cardup of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Cardup was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.9% of the population.

Of people in Cardup aged 15 years and over, 56.9% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cardup was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Cardup, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cardup was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Cardup 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.9% were in primary school, 28.9% in secondary school and 11.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cardup were English 34.6%, Australian 29.8%, Irish 6.6%, Scottish 6.2% and Dutch 5.2%.

In Cardup, 75.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.2%, New Zealand 2.9%, Scotland 1.2%, South Africa 1.2% and Netherlands 1.0%.

In Cardup, 51.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cardup were No Religion 31.9%, Anglican 24.7%, Catholic 17.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.6% and Christian, nfd 5.6%.

In Cardup 94.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.8%, Afrikaans 0.7%, Dutch 0.4%, Mandarin 0.4% and Arabic 0.3%.

Employment

There were 535 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cardup. Of these 56.4% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cardup, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cardup was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Cardup included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Managers 12.0%, Professionals 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Labourers 9.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.0% and Sales Workers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Cardup, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.7%, Building Installation Services 4.5%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9% and Residential Building Construction 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cardup was $744.

In Cardup, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.5%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Truck 2.5%, Train, car as driver 2.0% and Train 1.6%. On the day, 3.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cardup, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.2% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.3% 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 Cardup, 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cardup, 58.7% were couple families with children, 33.7% were couple families without children and 6.4% were one parent families.

In Cardup 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cardup, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,569 and those without children was $2,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Cardup, of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.9% had both employed part-time and 21.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cardup, 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cardup, 98.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cardup, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 3.2% had 2 bedrooms and 21.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cardup, 24.6% were owned outright, 68.9% were owned with a mortgage and 6.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Cardup, of all households, 90.7% were family households, 7.8% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Cardup, 12.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.2% 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 Cardup, 11.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 52.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cardup, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Cardup, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Cardup, 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.