Caroline Springs

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,823 people were counted in Caroline Springs: of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Caroline Springs there were 668 children aged 0-14 years and 213 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Caroline Springs, 2,463 people were Australian citizens, 978 were born overseas and 19 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Caroline Springs, 57.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.4% were separated or divorced, 1.8% were widowed and 31.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Caroline Springs, 60.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Caroline Springs were Philippines 6.4%, Malta 2.4%, England 2.3%, Viet Nam 2.0% and New Zealand 1.8%.

Of all people counted in Caroline Springs on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 43.0%, No Religion 14.0%, Anglican 8.4%, Orthodox 7.6% and Uniting Church 3.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Caroline Springs, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Tagalog (Filipino) 6.3%, Maltese 3.7%, Spanish 2.8%, Vietnamese 2.2% and Italian 2.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 59.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,690 people aged 15 years and over in Caroline Springs were in the labour force. Of these 70.6% worked full-time, 20.8% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.6% were unemployed. 408 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Caroline Springs, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 14.1%, Professionals 11.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.5%, Associate Professionals 8.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 8.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.3%, Managers and Administrators 4.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Caroline Springs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 7.5%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.1%, Health Services 4.1% and Education 3.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Caroline Springs, 842 families were counted: of these, 36.8% were couple families without children, 52.9% were couple families with children, 9.0% were one parent families and 1.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Caroline Springs, 988 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Caroline Springs, 99.4% were separate houses, 0.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Caroline Springs, 19.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 67.7% were being purchased and 4.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Caroline Springs, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 66.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 31.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Caroline Springs, 83.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 11.3% were single (or lone) person households and 1.9% were group households.