Caroline Springs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 20,366 people in Caroline Springs of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Caroline Springs was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.4% of the population.

Of people in Caroline Springs aged 15 years and over, 60.0% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Caroline Springs was 39 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Caroline Springs, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Caroline Springs was 39 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Caroline Springs 32.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.9% were in primary school, 21.1% in secondary school and 15.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Caroline Springs were Australian 14.5%, English 12.4%, Maltese 6.9%, Filipino 6.4% and Italian 6.3%.

In Caroline Springs, 58.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 5.7%, India 4.3%, New Zealand 2.1%, Vietnam 1.8% and England 1.6%.

In Caroline Springs, 27.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 61.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Caroline Springs were Catholic 39.4%, No Religion 14.2%, Eastern Orthodox 7.3%, Islam 5.8% and Anglican 5.6%.

In Caroline Springs 54.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 2.9%, Vietnamese 2.7%, Filipino 2.7%, Spanish 2.3% and Maltese 2.1%.

Employment

There were 10,692 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Caroline Springs. Of these 66.0% were employed full time, 23.2% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Caroline Springs, 8.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Caroline Springs was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Caroline Springs included Professionals 20.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Managers 12.1%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.3% and Labourers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Caroline Springs, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.0%, Hospitals 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Road Freight Transport 3.2% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Caroline Springs was $736.

In Caroline Springs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.2%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Train 3.6%, Train, car as driver 2.3% and Train, bus 1.0%. On the day, 9.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Caroline Springs, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.9% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.6% 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 Caroline Springs, 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Caroline Springs, 60.3% were couple families with children, 25.7% were couple families without children and 13.1% were one parent families.

In Caroline Springs 15.4% of single parents were male and 84.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Caroline Springs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,188 and those without children was $2,165.

Employment status of couple families

In Caroline Springs, of couple families with children, 29.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Caroline Springs, 94.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Caroline Springs, 90.1% were separate houses, 9.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Caroline Springs, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 5.0% had 2 bedrooms and 51.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Caroline Springs, 14.5% were owned outright, 64.4% were owned with a mortgage and 18.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Caroline Springs, of all households, 85.5% were family households, 12.7% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Caroline Springs, 10.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.2% 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 Caroline Springs, 28.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Caroline Springs, there were 54 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 27 (or 50.0%) were male and 27 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Caroline Springs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,474.

In Caroline Springs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $337 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,750.