Cervantes

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 461 people in Cervantes of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Cervantes was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.7% of the population.

Of people in Cervantes aged 15 years and over, 56.8% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cervantes was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Cervantes, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cervantes was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Cervantes 17.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.0% were in primary school, 9.0% in secondary school and 3.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cervantes were English 35.4%, Australian 32.8%, Scottish 10.2%, Irish 5.2% and German 2.3%.

In Cervantes, 77.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, Scotland 3.3%, New Zealand 3.1%, Italy 0.9% and Wales 0.9%.

In Cervantes, 63.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cervantes were Anglican 32.9%, No Religion 22.2%, Catholic 21.6%, Uniting Church 5.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In Cervantes 95.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 1.3%.

Employment

There were 177 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cervantes. Of these 47.5% were employed full time, 38.4% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cervantes, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cervantes was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Cervantes included Labourers 25.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.6%, Managers 9.4%, Professionals 9.4% and Sales Workers 8.8%.

Of the employed people in Cervantes, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fishing 14.2%, Accommodation 10.7%, School Education 8.9%, State Government Administration 7.7% and Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 6.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cervantes was $439.

In Cervantes, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.8%, Walked only 14.2%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Bicycle 3.0% and Car as driver, car as passenger 1.8%. 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 62.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cervantes, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.7% provided care for children and 8.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.9% 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 Cervantes, 23.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cervantes, 24.4% were couple families with children, 64.9% were couple families without children and 10.7% were one parent families.

In Cervantes 23.5% of single parents were male and 76.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cervantes, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Cervantes, of couple families with children, 10.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 16.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cervantes, 39.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 60.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cervantes, 94.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.7% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Cervantes, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 13.0% had 2 bedrooms and 50.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cervantes, 45.5% were owned outright, 24.6% were owned with a mortgage and 26.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Cervantes, of all households, 68.2% were family households, 29.2% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Cervantes, 39.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.0% 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 Cervantes, 30.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cervantes, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 36.8%) were male and 12 (or 63.2%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Cervantes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $312.

In Cervantes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $110 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $953.