Cungulla

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 260 people in Cungulla of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Cungulla was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.8% of the population.

Of people in Cungulla aged 15 years and over, 61.9% were married and 17.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cungulla was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Cungulla, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cungulla was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Cungulla 18.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.0% were in primary school, 22.0% in secondary school and 22.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cungulla were Australian 30.7%, English 29.3%, Irish 12.4%, Scottish 7.6% and German 7.6%.

In Cungulla, 89.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 2.3%, England 1.5% and Malaysia 1.2%.

In Cungulla, 77.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cungulla were Catholic 26.9%, No Religion 20.4%, Anglican 18.5%, Uniting Church 13.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 7.7%.

In Cungulla 97.3% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 129 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cungulla. Of these 62.0% were employed full time, 25.6% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cungulla, 4.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cungulla was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Cungulla included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Labourers 17.7%, Professionals 13.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.7%, Managers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5% and Sales Workers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Cungulla, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 8.1%, School Education 7.3%, Hospitals 5.6%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.2% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cungulla was $594.

In Cungulla, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 68.9%, Car, as passenger 9.0%, Other 3.3% and Truck 2.5%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 80.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cungulla, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.7% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.6% 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 Cungulla, 33.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cungulla, 19.3% were couple families with children, 67.5% were couple families without children and 8.4% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Cungulla, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,750 and those without children was $2,318.

Employment status of couple families

In Cungulla, of couple families with children, 16.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 15.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cungulla, 45.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 55.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cungulla, 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 Cungulla, of occupied private dwellings 12.9% had 1 bedroom, 34.5% had 2 bedrooms and 33.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cungulla, 49.6% were owned outright, 31.6% were owned with a mortgage and 16.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Cungulla, of all households, 71.3% were family households, 21.7% were single person households and 7.0% were group households.

In Cungulla, 26.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.0% 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 Cungulla, 29.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cungulla, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 52.6%) were male and 9 (or 47.4%) were female. The median age was 45 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 Cungulla, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.8 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Cungulla, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,200.