Carina Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,110 people in Carina Heights of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Carina Heights was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.

Of people in Carina Heights aged 15 years and over, 41.0% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Carina Heights was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Carina Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Carina Heights was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Carina Heights 26.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.0% were in primary school, 19.1% in secondary school and 31.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Carina Heights were English 26.7%, Australian 24.2%, Irish 10.0%, Scottish 7.4% and German 3.6%.

In Carina Heights, 72.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.3%, England 3.3%, Korea, Republic of (South) 1.3%, India 1.1% and Philippines 1.0%.

In Carina Heights, 54.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Carina Heights were Catholic 29.8%, No Religion 20.5%, Anglican 15.8%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Carina Heights 80.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 1.5%, Korean 1.4%, Italian 1.4%, Greek 1.0% and Cantonese 0.9%.

Employment

There were 3,455 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Carina Heights. Of these 62.2% were employed full time, 27.5% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Carina Heights, 8.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.8% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Carina Heights included Professionals 25.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.2%, Managers 11.9%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Labourers 7.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Carina Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.0%, Hospitals 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, State Government Administration 3.4% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Carina Heights was $675.

In Carina Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.4%, Bus 13.8%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Walked only 2.1% and Bus, car as driver 1.0%. On the day, 16.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Carina Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.4% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.5% 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 Carina Heights, 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Carina Heights, 35.7% were couple families with children, 39.0% were couple families without children and 22.0% were one parent families.

In Carina Heights 13.1% of single parents were male and 86.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Carina Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,546 and those without children was $2,283.

Employment status of couple families

In Carina Heights, of couple families with children, 28.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 24.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Carina Heights, 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carina Heights, 62.6% were separate houses, 27.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Carina Heights, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 19.7% had 2 bedrooms and 56.9% 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 Carina Heights, 25.4% were owned outright, 29.4% were owned with a mortgage and 43.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Carina Heights, of all households, 67.4% were family households, 25.7% were single person households and 6.9% were group households.

In Carina Heights, 22.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.0% 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 Carina Heights, 40.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Carina Heights, there were 124 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 58 (or 46.8%) were male and 66 (or 53.2%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Carina Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $712.

In Carina Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.