Cedar Pocket

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 420 people in Cedar Pocket of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Cedar Pocket was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.3% of the population.

Of people in Cedar Pocket aged 15 years and over, 61.1% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cedar Pocket was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Cedar Pocket, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cedar Pocket was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Cedar Pocket 24.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.1% were in primary school, 34.0% in secondary school and 5.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cedar Pocket were English 36.0%, Australian 26.9%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 7.3% and German 7.3%.

In Cedar Pocket, 81.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.4%, Germany 1.9%, South Africa 1.7%, Canada 0.7% and Croatia 0.7%.

In Cedar Pocket, 72.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cedar Pocket were No Religion 28.7%, Catholic 15.9%, Uniting Church 15.6%, Anglican 13.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.2%.

In Cedar Pocket 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.9%, Swedish 0.7%, Finnish 0.7% and Croatian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 191 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cedar Pocket. Of these 55.5% were employed full time, 33.0% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Cedar Pocket, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cedar Pocket was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Cedar Pocket included Managers 22.2%, Professionals 20.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.8%, Labourers 12.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Cedar Pocket, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.3%, Dairy Cattle Farming 6.7%, State Government Administration 5.0% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cedar Pocket was $423.

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In Cedar Pocket, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.3%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Walked only 3.9%, Truck 2.8% and Bus 1.7%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cedar Pocket, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.3% 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 Cedar Pocket, 28.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cedar Pocket, 36.9% were couple families with children, 51.1% were couple families without children and 12.1% were one parent families.

In Cedar Pocket 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cedar Pocket, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,208 and those without children was $1,542.

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Employment status of couple families

In Cedar Pocket, of couple families with children, 11.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 19.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cedar Pocket, 87.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cedar Pocket, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cedar Pocket, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 7.0% had 2 bedrooms and 55.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cedar Pocket, 51.9% were owned outright, 35.0% were owned with a mortgage and 9.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Cedar Pocket, of all households, 84.3% were family households, 15.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Cedar Pocket, 31.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.2% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Cedar Pocket, 28.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cedar Pocket, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 38.5%) were male and 8 (or 61.5%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Cedar Pocket, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $966.

In Cedar Pocket, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.