Cranbourne North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 14,570 people in Cranbourne North of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Cranbourne North was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.8% of the population.

Of people in Cranbourne North aged 15 years and over, 50.1% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cranbourne North was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Cranbourne North, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cranbourne North was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Cranbourne North 31.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.6% were in primary school, 23.4% in secondary school and 16.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cranbourne North were Australian 24.2%, English 23.2%, Irish 5.2%, Scottish 4.7% and Indian 4.4%.

In Cranbourne North, 64.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 4.3%, England 3.8%, Sri Lanka 2.5%, New Zealand 2.5% and Philippines 2.0%.

In Cranbourne North, 42.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 44.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cranbourne North were Catholic 27.0%, No Religion 22.6%, Anglican 11.7%, Islam 4.7% and Hinduism 3.3%.

In Cranbourne North 70.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Sinhalese 2.0%, Spanish 1.4%, Dari 1.3%, Punjabi 1.2% and Hindi 1.2%.

Employment

There were 7,576 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cranbourne North. Of these 63.4% were employed full time, 24.8% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cranbourne North, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cranbourne North was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Cranbourne North included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.9%, Professionals 11.6%, Labourers 11.2%, Sales Workers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2% and Managers 8.9%.

Of the employed people in Cranbourne North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6%, Road Freight Transport 2.9%, School Education 2.8% and Hospitals 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cranbourne North was $616.

In Cranbourne North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.1%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Train 3.5%, Truck 1.2% and Train, car as driver 0.9%. On the day, 7.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cranbourne North, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.3% 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, 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 Cranbourne North, 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cranbourne North, 51.2% were couple families with children, 28.3% were couple families without children and 18.7% were one parent families.

In Cranbourne North 14.9% of single parents were male and 85.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cranbourne North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,933 and those without children was $1,979.

Employment status of couple families

In Cranbourne North, of couple families with children, 25.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 22.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cranbourne North, 93.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cranbourne North, 95.4% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Cranbourne North, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 3.8% had 2 bedrooms and 55.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cranbourne North, 16.8% were owned outright, 60.1% were owned with a mortgage and 20.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Cranbourne North, of all households, 83.1% were family households, 14.5% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Cranbourne North, 15.6% 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 Cranbourne North, 29.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cranbourne North, there were 128 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 65 (or 50.8%) were male and 63 (or 49.2%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Cranbourne North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,286.

In Cranbourne North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $98 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.