Carramar

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,497 people were counted in Carramar: of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Carramar there were 686 children aged 0-14 years and 237 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Carramar, 2,036 people were Australian citizens, 1,017 were born overseas and 18 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Carramar, 68.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 6.7% were separated or divorced, 1.5% were widowed and 24.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Carramar, 55.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Carramar were England 21.7%, New Zealand 3.3%, Scotland 2.7%, South Africa 2.2% and Ireland 1.6%.

Of all people counted in Carramar on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 29.6%, Catholic 24.1%, No Religion 20.4%, Uniting Church 3.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Carramar, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.6%, Afrikaans 0.4%, German 0.3%, Macedonian 0.3% and Polish 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,369 people aged 15 years and over in Carramar were in the labour force. Of these 60.3% worked full-time, 31.7% worked part-time, 2.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.9% were unemployed. 416 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Carramar, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 13.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 11.5%, Associate Professionals 9.4%, Professionals 8.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.2%, Managers and Administrators 4.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Carramar, the most common responses for industry of employment included Construction Trade Services 5.8%, Business Services 5.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.2%, Health Services 4.6% and Food Retailing 4.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Carramar, 740 families were counted: of these, 34.3% were couple families without children, 58.5% were couple families with children, 6.6% were one parent families and 0.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Carramar, 803 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Carramar, 99.6% 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.

On Census Night 2001 in Carramar, 22.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 69.5% were being purchased and 5.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Carramar, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 38.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 50.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Carramar, 91.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 6.7% were single (or lone) person households and 0.4% were group households.