Cairnlea

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,839 people in Cairnlea of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Cairnlea was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.0% of the population.

Of people in Cairnlea aged 15 years and over, 54.8% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cairnlea was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Cairnlea, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cairnlea was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Cairnlea 34.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.1% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 19.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cairnlea were Vietnamese 21.2%, Chinese 9.5%, Australian 7.7%, Filipino 7.0% and English 6.2%.

In Cairnlea, 44.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 17.7%, Philippines 5.5%, India 2.6%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.9% and Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.9%.

In Cairnlea, 10.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 83.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cairnlea were Catholic 32.8%, Buddhism 22.9%, No Religion 10.2%, Islam 8.1% and Eastern Orthodox 7.6%.

In Cairnlea 25.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 25.9%, Cantonese 5.2%, Tagalog 3.6%, Macedonian 3.5% and Filipino 2.4%.

Employment

There were 4,337 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cairnlea. Of these 61.9% were employed full time, 23.9% were employed part-time and 7.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cairnlea, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cairnlea was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Cairnlea included Professionals 16.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Labourers 13.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.7%, Sales Workers 9.2%, Managers 8.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Cairnlea, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 3.8%, Hospitals 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8% and Road Freight Transport 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cairnlea was $555.

In Cairnlea, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.1%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Train 5.9%, Train, car as driver 2.2% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 11.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cairnlea, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.8% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.9% 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 Cairnlea, 20.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cairnlea, 62.6% were couple families with children, 18.7% were couple families without children and 17.0% were one parent families.

In Cairnlea 15.3% of single parents were male and 84.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cairnlea, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,114 and those without children was $2,073.

Employment status of couple families

In Cairnlea, of couple families with children, 26.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cairnlea, 95.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cairnlea, 91.1% were separate houses, 8.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cairnlea, of occupied private dwellings 0.1% had 1 bedroom, 0.9% had 2 bedrooms and 36.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cairnlea, 21.0% were owned outright, 63.1% were owned with a mortgage and 12.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Cairnlea, of all households, 88.8% were family households, 9.6% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Cairnlea, 15.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.5% 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 Cairnlea, 23.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cairnlea, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 30.8%) were male and 9 (or 69.2%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Cairnlea, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $966.

In Cairnlea, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.