Carnegie

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 14,367 people were counted in Carnegie: of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Carnegie there were 2,139 children aged 0-14 years and 3,338 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Carnegie, 11,849 people were Australian citizens, 5,131 were born overseas and 137 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Carnegie, 42.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.3% were separated or divorced, 7.3% were widowed and 39.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Carnegie, 58.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Carnegie were England 3.4%, Greece 2.7%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 2.3%, India 2.1% and Russian Federation 2.1%.

Of all people counted in Carnegie on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 23.9%, No Religion 19.4%, Anglican 11.6%, Judaism 7.8% and Orthodox 7.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Carnegie, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Russian 5.7%, Greek 5.6%, Mandarin 2.3%, Cantonese 2.1% and Italian 1.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 64.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 7,668 people aged 15 years and over in Carnegie were in the labour force. Of these 63.0% worked full-time, 28.1% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.5% were unemployed. 3,958 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Carnegie, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 16.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.7%, Associate Professionals 7.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.1%, Managers and Administrators 4.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Carnegie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 9.0%, Education 5.4%, Health Services 4.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.9% and Food Retailing 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Carnegie, 3,574 families were counted: of these, 38.0% were couple families without children, 42.8% were couple families with children, 14.6% were one parent families and 4.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Carnegie, 6,596 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Carnegie, 38.6% were separate houses, 21.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 37.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Carnegie, 35.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 20.9% were being purchased and 36.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Carnegie, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 70.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 3.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 25.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Carnegie, 53.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 36.3% were single (or lone) person households and 6.0% were group households.