Cannons Creek (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 557 people in Cannons Creek (L) of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Cannons Creek (L) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.1% of the population.

Of people in Cannons Creek (L) aged 15 years and over, 45.2% were married and 18.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cannons Creek (L) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Cannons Creek (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 46.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cannons Creek (L) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Cannons Creek (L) 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.4% were in primary school, 26.1% in secondary school and 15.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cannons Creek (L) were Australian 37.5%, English 34.8%, Scottish 7.9%, Irish 5.8% and Dutch 3.7%.

In Cannons Creek (L), 85.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, Netherlands 1.8%, Scotland 1.6%, New Zealand 0.9% and Austria 0.7%.

In Cannons Creek (L), 68.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cannons Creek (L) were No Religion 37.2%, Anglican 19.0%, Catholic 18.1%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Christian, nfd 3.9%.

In Cannons Creek (L) 96.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.1% and Hindi 0.5%.

Employment

There were 316 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cannons Creek (L). Of these 61.1% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cannons Creek (L), 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cannons Creek (L) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Cannons Creek (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.5%, Labourers 16.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.4%, Professionals 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4% and Managers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Cannons Creek (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Installation Services 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Building Structure Services 3.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.4% and Hospitals 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cannons Creek (L) was $623.

In Cannons Creek (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.3%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Truck 1.7%, Train, car as driver 1.7% and Train 1.4%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cannons Creek (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 74.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.7% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.0% 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 Cannons Creek (L), 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cannons Creek (L), 41.9% were couple families with children, 41.2% were couple families without children and 16.9% were one parent families.

In Cannons Creek (L) 27.6% of single parents were male and 72.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cannons Creek (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,031 and those without children was $2,041.

Employment status of couple families

In Cannons Creek (L), of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 10.1% had both employed part-time and 21.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cannons Creek (L), 90.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cannons Creek (L), 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 Cannons Creek (L), of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 26.6% had 2 bedrooms and 45.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cannons Creek (L), 27.1% were owned outright, 59.4% were owned with a mortgage and 11.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Cannons Creek (L), of all households, 76.3% were family households, 20.8% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Cannons Creek (L), 17.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.4% 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 Cannons Creek (L), 26.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cannons Creek (L), there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 5 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 1 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 Cannons Creek (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Cannons Creek (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $208 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,100.