Carey Gully

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 434 people in Carey Gully of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Carey Gully was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.3% of the population.

Of people in Carey Gully aged 15 years and over, 55.6% were married and 8.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Carey Gully was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Carey Gully, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Carey Gully was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 55 years.

In Carey Gully 30.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.7% were in primary school, 23.9% in secondary school and 33.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Carey Gully were Australian 29.3%, English 28.3%, German 9.5%, Irish 7.3% and Scottish 5.5%.

In Carey Gully, 80.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, Germany 1.4%, United States of America 1.4%, Greece 1.2% and Italy 0.9%.

In Carey Gully, 61.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Carey Gully were No Religion 38.6%, Catholic 15.9%, Uniting Church 11.0%, Anglican 9.4% and Eastern Orthodox 4.6%.

In Carey Gully 88.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.3%, Greek 1.8%, Spanish 1.2%, Serbian 0.9% and German 0.7%.

Employment

There were 252 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Carey Gully. Of these 56.0% were employed full time, 38.5% were employed part-time and 1.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Carey Gully, 14.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Carey Gully was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Carey Gully included Professionals 24.3%, Managers 18.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Labourers 7.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.7% and Sales Workers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Carey Gully, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 6.9%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.7%, School Education 3.7%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 3.3% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Carey Gully was $579.

In Carey Gully, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.3%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Bus 3.3%, Truck 3.3% and Walked only 2.8%. On the day, 4.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Carey Gully, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.3% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.8% 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 Carey Gully, 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Carey Gully, 46.2% were couple families with children, 42.3% were couple families without children and 9.2% were one parent families.

In Carey Gully 72.7% of single parents were male and 27.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Carey Gully, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,250 and those without children was $2,041.

Employment status of couple families

In Carey Gully, of couple families with children, 20.7% had both partners employed full-time, 8.1% had both employed part-time and 25.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Carey Gully, 85.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carey Gully, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Carey Gully, of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 14.9% had 2 bedrooms and 52.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carey Gully, 44.4% were owned outright, 39.9% were owned with a mortgage and 11.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Carey Gully, of all households, 81.7% were family households, 15.7% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Carey Gully, 18.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.0% 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 Carey Gully, 23.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Carey Gully, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 5 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 6 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 Carey Gully, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Carey Gully, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,333.