Cressy (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 676 people in Cressy (L) of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Cressy (L) was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.8% of the population.

Of people in Cressy (L) aged 15 years and over, 48.6% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cressy (L) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Cressy (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 48.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cressy (L) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Cressy (L) 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.8% were in primary school, 22.0% in secondary school and 8.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cressy (L) were Australian 43.9%, English 36.6%, Scottish 4.4%, Irish 4.3% and German 1.1%.

In Cressy (L), 91.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, New Zealand 1.2%, Austria 0.4%, Croatia 0.4% and Germany 0.4%.

In Cressy (L), 89.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cressy (L) were Anglican 35.0%, No Religion 26.6%, Catholic 12.2%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Baptist 6.0%.

In Cressy (L) 95.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.4%, French 0.4% and Tagalog 0.4%.

Employment

There were 315 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cressy (L). Of these 57.8% were employed full time, 26.7% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cressy (L), 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.5% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Cressy (L) included Labourers 25.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 20.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Sales Workers 9.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.8%, Managers 6.1% and Professionals 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Cressy (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 8.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.1%, Road Freight Transport 5.4%, Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 4.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cressy (L) was $434.

In Cressy (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.4%, Car, as passenger 9.8%, Walked only 3.7%, Truck 3.1% and Motorbike/scooter 1.4%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cressy (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.1% provided care for children and 14.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% 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 Cressy (L), 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cressy (L), 41.7% were couple families with children, 41.2% were couple families without children and 15.5% were one parent families.

In Cressy (L) 20.7% of single parents were male and 79.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cressy (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,529 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Cressy (L), of couple families with children, 16.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 18.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cressy (L), 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cressy (L), 97.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Cressy (L), of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 18.2% had 2 bedrooms and 62.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cressy (L), 39.7% were owned outright, 41.7% were owned with a mortgage and 15.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Cressy (L), of all households, 72.2% were family households, 24.2% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Cressy (L), 29.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% 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 Cressy (L), 30.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cressy (L), there were 38 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 52.6%) were male and 18 (or 47.4%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Cressy (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.2, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $971.

In Cressy (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $125 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $759.