Carters Ridge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 401 people in Carters Ridge of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Carters Ridge was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.5% of the population.

Of people in Carters Ridge aged 15 years and over, 45.2% were married and 16.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Carters Ridge was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Carters Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Carters Ridge was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Carters Ridge 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.5% were in primary school, 28.1% in secondary school and 9.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Carters Ridge were Australian 33.9%, English 29.2%, Scottish 10.5%, German 6.1% and Irish 5.4%.

In Carters Ridge, 77.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.0%, New Zealand 4.3%, Sweden 1.3%, Switzerland 1.0% and Algeria 0.8%.

In Carters Ridge, 69.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Carters Ridge were No Religion 28.1%, Anglican 21.8%, Catholic 13.8%, Christian, nfd 5.3% and Uniting Church 5.3%.

In Carters Ridge 91.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.5% and French 0.8%.

Employment

There were 161 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Carters Ridge. Of these 55.3% were employed full time, 32.3% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Carters Ridge, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Carters Ridge was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Carters Ridge included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.3%, Labourers 16.3%, Professionals 14.4%, Managers 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.2% and Sales Workers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Carters Ridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, Dairy Cattle Farming 5.1%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.5%, Residential Care Services 4.5% and School Education 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Carters Ridge was $431.

In Carters Ridge, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.7%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Bus 3.2%, Truck 1.9% and Motorbike/scooter 1.9%. On the day, 3.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Carters Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.5% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.7% 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 Carters Ridge, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Carters Ridge, 35.8% were couple families with children, 44.3% were couple families without children and 19.8% were one parent families.

In Carters Ridge 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Carters Ridge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,937 and those without children was $1,536.

Employment status of couple families

In Carters Ridge, of couple families with children, 18.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 17.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Carters Ridge, 81.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carters Ridge, 97.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.2% were other dwellings.

In Carters Ridge, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 19.9% had 2 bedrooms and 46.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carters Ridge, 29.1% were owned outright, 34.3% were owned with a mortgage and 34.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Carters Ridge, of all households, 79.9% were family households, 17.2% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Carters Ridge, 27.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Carters Ridge, 27.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Carters Ridge, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 38.5%) were male and 8 (or 61.5%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Carters Ridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Carters Ridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.