Cabramatta

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 76,258 people in Cabramatta of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Cabramatta was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Cabramatta aged 15 years and over, 47.6% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cabramatta was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Cabramatta, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cabramatta was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Cabramatta 33.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.9% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 20.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cabramatta were Vietnamese 23.1%, Chinese 17.8%, Australian 7.3%, English 7.0% and Khmer (Cambodian) 5.3%.

In Cabramatta, 39.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 23.7%, Cambodia 6.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.9%, Iraq 2.5% and Laos 1.5%.

In Cabramatta, 10.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 85.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cabramatta were Buddhism 36.9%, Catholic 23.9%, No Religion 9.2%, Eastern Orthodox 6.0% and Anglican 5.0%.

In Cabramatta 20.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 30.3%, Cantonese 7.8%, Khmer 5.8%, Arabic 3.3% and Mandarin 3.3%.

Employment

There were 29,732 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cabramatta. Of these 57.5% were employed full time, 24.7% were employed part-time and 11.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cabramatta, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cabramatta was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Cabramatta included Labourers 17.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Professionals 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Sales Workers 8.8% and Managers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Cabramatta, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Road Freight Transport 2.6%, School Education 2.1%, Residential Building Construction 2.1% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cabramatta was $349.

In Cabramatta, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.2%, Car, as passenger 8.5%, Train 8.4%, Walked only 2.3% and Train, bus 1.9%. On the day, 14.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cabramatta, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.8% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.0% 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 Cabramatta, 17.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cabramatta, 48.6% were couple families with children, 22.8% were couple families without children and 26.2% were one parent families.

In Cabramatta 12.9% of single parents were male and 87.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cabramatta, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,862 and those without children was $1,578.

Employment status of couple families

In Cabramatta, of couple families with children, 15.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 9.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cabramatta, 95.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cabramatta, 68.9% were separate houses, 15.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Cabramatta, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 20.2% had 2 bedrooms and 46.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cabramatta, 31.5% were owned outright, 31.2% were owned with a mortgage and 32.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Cabramatta, of all households, 81.3% were family households, 16.0% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Cabramatta, 30.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.5% 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 Cabramatta, 36.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cabramatta, there were 607 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 308 (or 50.7%) were male and 299 (or 49.3%) 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 Cabramatta, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $868.

In Cabramatta, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,777.