Cardigan Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Cardigan (3352) is a suburb of South Western Victoria, Ballaratt, Victoria. It is about 112 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Cardigan is in the federal electorate of Ballarat.

In the 2011 census the population of Cardigan was 647 and is comprised of approximately 48.8% females and 51.2% males.

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

90.3% of people living in the suburb of Cardigan were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.3% England, 1.1% Netherlands, 0.9% Greece, 0.8% Germany, 0.6% Thailand, 0.6% Philippines, 0.6% China , 0.5% New Zealand.

92.7% of people living in Cardigan speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.9% Greek, 0.9% Other, 0.9% Mandarin, 0.5% Polish, 0.5% German, 0.5% Indonesian, 0.5% Croatian.

The religious makeup of Cardigan is 30.0% Catholic, 21.5% No religion, 15.2% Anglican, 11.9% Uniting Church, 8.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Christian, nfd, 1.7% Churches of Christ, 1.4% Other religious affiliation , 1.4% Pentecostal.

60.9% of people are married, 29.4% have never married and 5.3% are divorced and 1.2% are separated. There are 15 widowed people living in Cardigan.

61.1% of the people living in Cardigan over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.2% are working on a part time basis. Cardigan has an unemployment rate of 2.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Cardigan are 17.9% Technicians & trades workers, 16.8% Professionals, 16.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.3% Managers, 10.4% Sales workers, 9.5% Community & personal service workers, 8.7% Labourers, 7.2% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Cardigan work in are 14.4% Health care and social assistance, 11.5% Manufacturing, 11.2% Construction, 8.9% Retail trade, 8.0% Education and training, 7.5% Accommodation and food services, 6.3% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.2% Public administration and safety, 3.7% Professional, scientific and technical services.

42.9% of homes are fully owned, and 49.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 5.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $686 per week and the median household income is $1757 per week.

The median rent in Cardigan is $250 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1842 per month.

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