Karoonda East Murray (DC)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,033 people in Karoonda East Murray (DC) of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Karoonda East Murray (DC) was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.8% of the population.

Of people in Karoonda East Murray (DC) aged 15 years and over, 59.1% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Karoonda East Murray (DC) was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Karoonda East Murray (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Karoonda East Murray (DC) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Karoonda East Murray (DC) 24.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.7% were in primary school, 25.1% in secondary school and 5.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Karoonda East Murray (DC) were English 32.0%, Australian 29.9%, German 15.2%, Scottish 5.8% and Irish 4.6%.

In Karoonda East Murray (DC), 87.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, South Africa 0.7%, Netherlands 0.5%, Philippines 0.5% and Austria 0.3%.

In Karoonda East Murray (DC), 84.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Karoonda East Murray (DC) were Uniting Church 23.3%, Lutheran 19.1%, No Religion 17.5%, Catholic 11.5% and Anglican 10.4%.

In Karoonda East Murray (DC) 92.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, Mandarin 0.4%, Afrikaans 0.3%, Italian 0.3% and Punjabi 0.3%.

Employment

There were 507 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Karoonda East Murray (DC). Of these 62.3% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Karoonda East Murray (DC), 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Karoonda East Murray (DC) was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Karoonda East Murray (DC) included Managers 45.0%, Professionals 12.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.0%, Labourers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9% and Sales Workers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Karoonda East Murray (DC), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 41.5%, School Education 6.3%, Agricultural Product Wholesaling 3.5%, Hospitals 3.0% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 1.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Karoonda East Murray (DC) was $389.

In Karoonda East Murray (DC), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.1%, Walked only 7.5%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Other 2.4% and Motorbike/scooter 0.8%. 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 49.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Karoonda East Murray (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.1% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.8% 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 Karoonda East Murray (DC), 21.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Karoonda East Murray (DC), 40.5% were couple families with children, 48.8% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

In Karoonda East Murray (DC) 41.7% of single parents were male and 58.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Karoonda East Murray (DC), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,354 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Karoonda East Murray (DC), of couple families with children, 21.3% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 23.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Karoonda East Murray (DC), 72.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Karoonda East Murray (DC), 97.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.9% were other dwellings.

In Karoonda East Murray (DC), of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 12.6% had 2 bedrooms and 59.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Karoonda East Murray (DC), 48.8% were owned outright, 25.0% were owned with a mortgage and 20.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Karoonda East Murray (DC), of all households, 69.1% were family households, 28.2% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Karoonda East Murray (DC), 39.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Karoonda East Murray (DC), 24.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Karoonda East Murray (DC), there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 75.0%) were male and 3 (or 25.0%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Karoonda East Murray (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,100.

In Karoonda East Murray (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $54 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.