Cecil Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,865 people in Cecil Hills of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Cecil Hills was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.7% of the population.

Of people in Cecil Hills aged 15 years and over, 57.6% were married and 7.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cecil Hills was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Cecil Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cecil Hills was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Cecil Hills 34.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 28.8% in secondary school and 21.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cecil Hills were Italian 12.1%, Australian 9.3%, English 7.4%, Assyrian 6.9% and Chinese 5.6%.

In Cecil Hills, 54.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Iraq 6.0%, Vietnam 3.9%, Philippines 3.4%, Fiji 2.3% and Italy 2.0%.

In Cecil Hills, 16.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 72.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cecil Hills were Catholic 48.5%, Buddhism 9.0%, Eastern Orthodox 8.1%, No Religion 5.8% and Islam 5.0%.

In Cecil Hills 39.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 7.2%, Arabic 6.0%, Vietnamese 5.7%, Italian 5.0% and Spanish 3.8%.

Employment

There were 3,573 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cecil Hills. Of these 63.8% were employed full time, 24.5% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cecil Hills, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cecil Hills was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Cecil Hills included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.6%, Professionals 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Managers 12.4%, Sales Workers 11.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.1%, Labourers 8.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Cecil Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, School Education 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%, Depository Financial Intermediation 2.7% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cecil Hills was $600.

In Cecil Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.8%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Train, car as driver 2.3%, Train 2.3% and Truck 2.1%. On the day, 8.6% 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 Cecil Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.5% 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 Hills, 21.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cecil Hills, 69.3% were couple families with children, 17.0% were couple families without children and 12.7% were one parent families.

In Cecil Hills 14.5% of single parents were male and 85.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cecil Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,403 and those without children was $2,174.

Employment status of couple families

In Cecil Hills, of couple families with children, 28.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cecil Hills, 96.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cecil Hills, 96.0% were separate houses, 4.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cecil Hills, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.4% had 2 bedrooms and 15.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cecil Hills, 28.3% were owned outright, 56.7% were owned with a mortgage and 12.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Cecil Hills, of all households, 92.7% were family households, 7.0% were single person households and 0.3% were group households.

In Cecil Hills, 12.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.1% 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 Hills, 18.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cecil Hills, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 60.0%) were male and 4 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Cecil Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $320 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.