Carrickalinga

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 281 people in Carrickalinga of these 47.0% were male and 53.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Carrickalinga was 61 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 6.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 35.2% of the population.

Of people in Carrickalinga aged 15 years and over, 56.0% were married and 15.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Carrickalinga was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 38 years.

In Carrickalinga, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Carrickalinga was 63 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Carrickalinga 12.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.3% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 21.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Carrickalinga were English 36.3%, Australian 25.7%, Scottish 8.8%, Irish 8.5% and German 5.0%.

In Carrickalinga, 74.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.0%, Germany 2.8%, Netherlands 1.8%, Scotland 1.4% and Austria 1.1%.

In Carrickalinga, 61.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Carrickalinga were No Religion 37.7%, Anglican 14.9%, Catholic 14.6%, Uniting Church 13.5% and Christian, nfd 3.9%.

In Carrickalinga 93.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.4%, Italian 1.1% and Western Arrarnta 1.1%.

Employment

There were 113 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Carrickalinga. Of these 44.2% were employed full time, 39.8% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Carrickalinga, 14.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Carrickalinga was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Carrickalinga included Labourers 25.5%, Professionals 18.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.3%, Managers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.5%, Sales Workers 7.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Carrickalinga, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 6.5%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.7%, Local Government Administration 4.7%, Non-Residential Building Construction 3.7% and Other Construction Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Carrickalinga was $429.

In Carrickalinga, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 66.0%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Train 2.8% and Walked only 2.8%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Carrickalinga, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.3% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.0% 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 Carrickalinga, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Carrickalinga, 14.8% were couple families with children, 74.1% were couple families without children and 7.4% were one parent families.

In Carrickalinga 45.5% of single parents were male and 54.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Carrickalinga, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,250 and those without children was $1,231.

Employment status of couple families

In Carrickalinga, of couple families with children, 5.7% had both partners employed full-time, 8.6% had both employed part-time and 7.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Carrickalinga, 20.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 79.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carrickalinga, 95.8% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Carrickalinga, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 27.0% had 2 bedrooms and 50.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carrickalinga, 48.9% were owned outright, 25.5% were owned with a mortgage and 23.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Carrickalinga, of all households, 57.9% were family households, 37.1% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Carrickalinga, 40.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 Carrickalinga, 43.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Carrickalinga, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Carrickalinga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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