Cardross Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Cardross (3496) is a suburb of Northern Victoria, North Western, Victoria. It is about 467 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Cardross is in the federal electorate of Mallee.

In the 2011 census the population of Cardross was 779 and is comprised of approximately 45.7% females and 54.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Cardross is 38 years of age.

86.2% of people living in the suburb of Cardross were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.8% Turkey, 1.5% Italy, 1.2% England, 0.6% Hungary, 0.5% Colombia, 0.5% Germany, 0.4% New Zealand.

87.5% of people living in Cardross speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.4% Turkish, 2.1% Italian, 0.8% Hungarian, 0.4% Cantonese, 0.4% Other, 0.4% Greek, 0.4% Punjabi, 0.4% Croatian.

The religious makeup of Cardross is 30.0% No religion, 23.7% Catholic, 16.0% Anglican, 11.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.0% Uniting Church, 2.1% Pentecostal, 1.3% Salvation Army, 1.3% Islam, 1.3% Christian, nfd, 1.2% Presbyterian and Reformed.

52.1% of people are married, 35.8% have never married and 5.8% are divorced and 2.6% are separated. There are 22 widowed people living in Cardross.

59.2% of the people living in Cardross over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.8% are working on a part time basis. Cardross has an unemployment rate of 4.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Cardross are 20.3% Managers, 16.0% Technicians & trades workers, 13.6% Professionals, 12.3% Labourers, 11.5% Sales workers, 9.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 9.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 5.9% Community & personal service workers, 1.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Cardross work in are 18.2% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 14.7% Retail trade, 10.2% Construction, 8.3% Health care and social assistance, 8.0% Manufacturing, 5.9% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.6% Public administration and safety, 4.8% Wholesale trade, 4.5% Education and training.

35.9% of homes are fully owned, and 44.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 14.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $510 per week and the median household income is $1151 per week.

The median rent in Cardross is $120 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1170 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Cardross postcode 3496