Cecil Plains (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 202 people in Cecil Plains (L) of these 53.5% were male and 46.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Cecil Plains (L) was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.0% of the population.

Of people in Cecil Plains (L) aged 15 years and over, 49.7% were married and 15.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cecil Plains (L) was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Cecil Plains (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 50.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cecil Plains (L) was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Cecil Plains (L) 20.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 50.0% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cecil Plains (L) were English 28.0%, Australian 27.7%, Irish 13.5%, Scottish 9.9% and German 8.9%.

In Cecil Plains (L), 85.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.5%, Taiwan 2.0%, Japan 1.5%, Scotland 1.5% and South Africa 1.5%.

In Cecil Plains (L), 80.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cecil Plains (L) were Anglican 31.3%, Catholic 22.4%, No Religion 13.9%, Lutheran 5.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Cecil Plains (L) 92.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 2.0%, Italian 1.5% and Japanese 1.5%.

Employment

There were 92 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cecil Plains (L). Of these 60.9% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cecil Plains (L), 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cecil Plains (L) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 60 years.

The most common occupations in Cecil Plains (L) included Machinery Operators And Drivers 37.6%, Labourers 28.2%, Professionals 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.7%, Sales Workers 4.7%, Managers 3.5% and Technicians and Trades Workers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Cecil Plains (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 15.5%, Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 13.1%, School Education 11.9%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.3% and Cement, Lime, Plaster and Concrete Product Manufacturing 6.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cecil Plains (L) was $476.

In Cecil Plains (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.6%, Walked only 15.1%, Car, as passenger 8.1%, Other 4.7% and Bicycle 3.5%. 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 69.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cecil Plains (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.1% provided care for children and 7.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.5% 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 Cecil Plains (L), 17.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cecil Plains (L), 25.4% were couple families with children, 50.8% were couple families without children and 18.6% were one parent families.

In Cecil Plains (L) 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cecil Plains (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,281.

Employment status of couple families

In Cecil Plains (L), of couple families with children, 17.8% had both partners employed full-time, 6.7% had both employed part-time and 13.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cecil Plains (L), 79.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cecil Plains (L), 91.8% were separate houses, 3.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.7% were other dwellings.

In Cecil Plains (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 20.0% had 2 bedrooms and 58.8% 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 Cecil Plains (L), 29.8% were owned outright, 27.4% were owned with a mortgage and 38.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Cecil Plains (L), of all households, 67.4% were family households, 29.1% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Cecil Plains (L), 25.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Cecil Plains (L), 40.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cecil Plains (L), there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 62.5%) were male and 3 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Cecil Plains (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Cecil Plains (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.