Cartwright

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,256 people in Cartwright of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Cartwright was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.6% of the population.

Of people in Cartwright aged 15 years and over, 37.1% were married and 17.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cartwright was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Cartwright, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cartwright was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Cartwright 33.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.2% were in primary school, 20.7% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cartwright were Australian 19.3%, English 17.4%, Vietnamese 7.6%, Lebanese 6.0% and Irish 4.0%.

In Cartwright, 55.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 6.0%, Lebanon 3.0%, New Zealand 2.1%, Iraq 1.9% and Samoa 1.8%.

In Cartwright, 34.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 57.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cartwright were Catholic 25.6%, Anglican 16.8%, Islam 13.3%, Buddhism 8.9% and No Religion 8.2%.

In Cartwright 49.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 9.9%, Vietnamese 9.8%, Samoan 3.5%, Spanish 2.3% and Hindi 1.8%.

Employment

There were 701 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cartwright. Of these 52.5% were employed full time, 24.7% were employed part-time and 14.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cartwright, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cartwright was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Cartwright included Labourers 18.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Professionals 8.2% and Managers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Cartwright, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Residential Building Construction 3.2%, Residential Care Services 3.0% and Child Care Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cartwright was $335.

In Cartwright, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.5%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Train, bus 4.7%, Bus 4.2% and Walked only 3.8%. On the day, 13.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cartwright, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.6% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.7% 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 Cartwright, 16.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cartwright, 41.2% were couple families with children, 24.5% were couple families without children and 31.6% were one parent families.

In Cartwright 14.1% of single parents were male and 85.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cartwright, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,772 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Cartwright, of couple families with children, 9.5% had both partners employed full-time, 1.1% had both employed part-time and 9.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cartwright, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cartwright, 62.5% were separate houses, 4.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 32.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cartwright, of occupied private dwellings 7.9% had 1 bedroom, 15.6% had 2 bedrooms and 47.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cartwright, 18.5% were owned outright, 25.5% were owned with a mortgage and 51.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Cartwright, of all households, 59.4% were family households, 38.0% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Cartwright, 49.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.7% 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 Cartwright, 33.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 19.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cartwright, there were 46 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 39.1%) were male and 28 (or 60.9%) were female. The median age was 44 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 Cartwright, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $759.

In Cartwright, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $98 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,250.