Cue (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 272 people in Cue (S) of these 56.6% were male and 43.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 26.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Cue (S) was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7% of the population.

Of people in Cue (S) aged 15 years and over, 39.1% were married and 19.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cue (S) was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Cue (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 37.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cue (S) was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Cue (S) 32.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.1% were in primary school, 10.1% in secondary school and 3.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cue (S) were Australian 32.7%, English 27.4%, Irish 7.1%, Scottish 5.9% and German 2.4%.

In Cue (S), 66.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, New Zealand 3.7%, Philippines 1.8%, Germany 1.5% and Scotland 1.5%.

In Cue (S), 69.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cue (S) were No Religion 27.9%, Catholic 21.3%, Anglican 15.4%, Seventh-day Adventist 7.4% and Buddhism 1.8%.

In Cue (S) 78.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Thai 2.2%, Italian 1.8% and Malay 1.1%.

Employment

There were 97 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cue (S). Of these 59.8% were employed full time, 20.6% were employed part-time and 12.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cue (S), 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 62.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cue (S) was 56 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Cue (S) included Managers 21.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 19.0%, Labourers 17.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.5%, Professionals 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Sales Workers 8.3% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Cue (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 19.5%, Metal Ore Mining 11.0%, School Education 9.8%, Road Freight Transport 7.3% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cue (S) was $380.

In Cue (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 37.3%, Walked only 32.5%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Truck 3.6% and Other 3.6%. 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 33.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cue (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 50.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 11.2% provided care for children and 6.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.1% 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 Cue (S), 19.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cue (S), 26.3% were couple families with children, 57.9% were couple families without children and 15.8% were one parent families.

In Cue (S) 36.4% of single parents were male and 63.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cue (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,250 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Cue (S), of couple families with children, 20.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.0% had both employed part-time and 14.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cue (S), 79.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cue (S), 88.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 11.8% were other dwellings.

In Cue (S), of occupied private dwellings 8.9% had 1 bedroom, 23.8% had 2 bedrooms and 34.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cue (S), 48.0% were owned outright, 8.8% were owned with a mortgage and 30.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Cue (S), of all households, 55.3% were family households, 44.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Cue (S), 48.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.6% 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 Cue (S), 41.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cue (S), there were 71 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 40 (or 56.3%) were male and 31 (or 43.7%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Cue (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $733.

In Cue (S), 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.