Carramar (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,431 people in Carramar (NSW) of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Carramar (NSW) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.8% of the population.

Of people in Carramar (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 44.3% were married and 17.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Carramar (NSW) was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Carramar (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 45.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Carramar (NSW) was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Carramar (NSW) 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.2% were in primary school, 17.6% in secondary school and 20.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Carramar (NSW) were Vietnamese 13.4%, Chinese 10.1%, Australian 9.6%, English 8.2% and Lebanese 4.7%.

In Carramar (NSW), 39.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 13.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.8%, Iraq 2.7%, Lebanon 2.1% and Fiji 1.7%.

In Carramar (NSW), 14.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 79.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Carramar (NSW) were Catholic 25.6%, Buddhism 16.8%, Islam 12.3%, No Religion 9.0% and Anglican 6.9%.

In Carramar (NSW) 27.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 17.2%, Arabic 9.3%, Cantonese 4.2%, Spanish 4.1% and Mandarin 3.4%.

Employment

There were 1,256 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Carramar (NSW). Of these 57.4% were employed full time, 25.6% were employed part-time and 11.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Carramar (NSW), 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Carramar (NSW) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Carramar (NSW) included Labourers 17.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Professionals 12.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Sales Workers 7.1% and Managers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Carramar (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.0%, School Education 2.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.2% and Residential Building Construction 1.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Carramar (NSW) was $360.

In Carramar (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.2%, Train 14.7%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Walked only 2.5% and Train, bus 2.1%. On the day, 19.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Carramar (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 48.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.5% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.1% 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 Carramar (NSW), 17.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Carramar (NSW), 45.8% were couple families with children, 24.6% were couple families without children and 26.9% were one parent families.

In Carramar (NSW) 18.9% of single parents were male and 81.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Carramar (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,774 and those without children was $1,711.

Employment status of couple families

In Carramar (NSW), of couple families with children, 13.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 10.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Carramar (NSW), 92.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carramar (NSW), 41.2% were separate houses, 7.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 51.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Carramar (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 10.7% had 1 bedroom, 41.0% had 2 bedrooms and 31.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carramar (NSW), 23.6% were owned outright, 26.7% were owned with a mortgage and 44.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Carramar (NSW), of all households, 67.2% were family households, 29.7% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Carramar (NSW), 38.3% 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 Carramar (NSW), 42.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Carramar (NSW), there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 54.5%) were male and 10 (or 45.5%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Carramar (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Carramar (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.