Cambridge Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,038 people in Cambridge Gardens of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Cambridge Gardens was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.0% of the population.

Of people in Cambridge Gardens aged 15 years and over, 50.4% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cambridge Gardens was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Cambridge Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cambridge Gardens was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Cambridge Gardens 28.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.8% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 16.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cambridge Gardens were Australian 35.4%, English 27.6%, Irish 8.0%, Scottish 6.6% and German 3.1%.

In Cambridge Gardens, 80.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 2.1%, Ireland 0.8%, Scotland 0.8% and Philippines 0.7%.

In Cambridge Gardens, 61.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cambridge Gardens were Catholic 33.9%, Anglican 26.9%, No Religion 17.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1% and Christian, nfd 2.5%.

In Cambridge Gardens 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 1.2%, Thai 0.5%, Tagalog 0.5%, Samoan 0.5% and Polish 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,141 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cambridge Gardens. Of these 64.7% were employed full time, 24.1% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cambridge Gardens, 7.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cambridge Gardens was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Cambridge Gardens included Clerical and Administrative Workers 21.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.7%, Professionals 11.1%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Labourers 9.6% and Managers 8.5%.

Of the employed people in Cambridge Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Road Freight Transport 4.2%, School Education 4.2%, Hospitals 3.6% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cambridge Gardens was $678.

In Cambridge Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.7%, Train 6.2%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Truck 2.8% and Walked only 1.2%. On the day, 10.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cambridge Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.2% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.9% 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 Cambridge Gardens, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cambridge Gardens, 49.2% were couple families with children, 32.2% were couple families without children and 17.4% were one parent families.

In Cambridge Gardens 14.0% of single parents were male and 86.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cambridge Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,128 and those without children was $2,008.

Employment status of couple families

In Cambridge Gardens, of couple families with children, 28.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 21.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cambridge Gardens, 96.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cambridge Gardens, 99.6% were separate houses, 0.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cambridge Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.9% had 2 bedrooms and 64.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cambridge Gardens, 31.0% were owned outright, 50.6% were owned with a mortgage and 16.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Cambridge Gardens, of all households, 85.1% were family households, 11.9% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Cambridge Gardens, 13.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.9% 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 Cambridge Gardens, 25.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cambridge Gardens, there were 63 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 27 (or 42.9%) were male and 36 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Cambridge Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,937.

In Cambridge Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $295 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,900.