Carrick (L)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 317 people were counted in Carrick (L): of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 2.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Carrick (L) there were 71 children aged 0-14 years and 86 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Carrick (L), 287 people were Australian citizens, 20 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Carrick (L), 54.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.2% were separated or divorced, 6.4% were widowed and 21.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Carrick (L), 89.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Carrick (L) were England 3.5%, New Zealand 0.9%, Papua New Guinea 0.9%, Sri Lanka 0.9% and Czech Republic 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Carrick (L) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 39.4%, No Religion 15.5%, Catholic 14.5%, Uniting Church 9.1% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Carrick (L), the most common response for languages other than English spoken at home was Czech 0.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 160 people aged 15 years and over in Carrick (L) were in the labour force. Of these 61.3% worked full-time, 32.5% worked part-time, 0.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.3% were unemployed. 84 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Carrick (L), the most common responses for occupation were Associate Professionals 11.3%, Professionals 8.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.5%, Managers and Administrators 6.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Carrick (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 6.4%, Business Services 4.2%, Construction Trade Services 3.8%, Education 3.0% and General Construction 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Carrick (L), 99 families were counted: of these, 40.4% were couple families without children, 44.4% were couple families with children, 12.1% were one parent families and 3.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Carrick (L), 126 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Carrick (L), 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.

On Census Night 2001 in Carrick (L), 51.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 35.7% were being purchased and 8.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Carrick (L), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 27.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 81.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Carrick (L), 77.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 19.8% were single (or lone) person households and 2.4% were group households.