Hmas Cerberus

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,085 people in Hmas Cerberus of these 71.8% were male and 28.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Hmas Cerberus was 21 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 0.0% of the population.

Of people in Hmas Cerberus aged 15 years and over, 15.8% were married and 3.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hmas Cerberus was 38 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Hmas Cerberus, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hmas Cerberus was 36 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Hmas Cerberus 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.3% were in primary school, 7.0% in secondary school and 26.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hmas Cerberus were Australian 32.7%, English 30.8%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 8.4% and German 3.9%.

In Hmas Cerberus, 87.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, New Zealand 1.7%, Fiji 0.4%, Malaysia 0.4% and United States of America 0.4%.

In Hmas Cerberus, 65.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hmas Cerberus were No Religion 35.3%, Catholic 26.9%, Anglican 17.0%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.0%.

In Hmas Cerberus 93.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Malay 0.4%, German 0.3%, Afrikaans 0.3%, Spanish 0.3% and Italian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 912 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hmas Cerberus. Of these 86.7% were employed full time, 8.3% were employed part-time and 0.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hmas Cerberus, 1.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 1.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 71.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hmas Cerberus was 21 years and for people who were employed part-time was 24 years.

The most common occupations in Hmas Cerberus included Technicians and Trades Workers 54.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 22.2%, Managers 6.4%, Professionals 4.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.0%, Sales Workers 1.0%, Labourers 1.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.4%.

Of the employed people in Hmas Cerberus, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 93.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 0.7%, Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 0.4%, Public Order and Safety Services 0.4% and Hospitals 0.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hmas Cerberus was $739.

In Hmas Cerberus, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 70.1%, Car, as driver 12.0%, Other 7.4%, Bus 2.5% and Bicycle 1.3%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 13.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hmas Cerberus, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 10.9% provided care for children and 2.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 Hmas Cerberus, 9.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 3.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hmas Cerberus, 52.3% were couple families with children, 36.4% were couple families without children and 11.4% were one parent families.

In Hmas Cerberus 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hmas Cerberus, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,374 and those without children was $2,041.

Employment status of couple families

In Hmas Cerberus, of couple families with children, 19.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 21.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hmas Cerberus, 82.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hmas Cerberus, 88.4% were separate houses, 7.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Hmas Cerberus, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 69.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hmas Cerberus, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 100.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Hmas Cerberus, of all households, 91.4% were family households, 8.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Hmas Cerberus, 3.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.0% 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 Hmas Cerberus, 40.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hmas Cerberus, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 73.9%) were male and 6 (or 26.1%) 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 Hmas Cerberus, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Hmas Cerberus, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $297 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.