Carrarang

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 221 people in Carrarang of these 55.7% were male and 44.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Carrarang was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.0% of the population.

Of people in Carrarang aged 15 years and over, 52.9% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Carrarang was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Carrarang, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 21.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Carrarang was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Carrarang 19.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 47.8% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 13.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Carrarang were Australian 39.6%, English 30.5%, Irish 6.9%, Scottish 5.5% and Italian 3.3%.

In Carrarang, 76.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.2%, New Zealand 2.7%, Greece 1.4%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.4% and Ireland 1.4%.

In Carrarang, 60.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Carrarang were No Religion 34.4%, Anglican 20.2%, Catholic 20.2%, Christian, nfd 4.1% and Buddhism 2.3%.

In Carrarang 90.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 1.4% and Cantonese 1.4%.

Employment

There were 131 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Carrarang. Of these 73.3% were employed full time, 19.8% were employed part-time and 2.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Carrarang, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 69.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Carrarang was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Carrarang included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.5%, Managers 20.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Labourers 11.5%, Professionals 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7% and Sales Workers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Carrarang, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying 44.6%, Accommodation 25.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.0%, Fuel Retailing 3.1% and School Education 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Carrarang was $790.

In Carrarang, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 29.0%, Car, as driver 28.2%, Car, as passenger 13.0%, Other 4.6% and Bus 2.3%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 40.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Carrarang, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 7.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.8% 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 Carrarang, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Carrarang, 45.8% were couple families with children, 54.2% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Carrarang 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Carrarang, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,416 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Carrarang, of couple families with children, 30.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 32.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Carrarang, 77.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carrarang, 80.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 19.4% were other dwellings.

In Carrarang, of occupied private dwellings 17.6% had 1 bedroom, 13.2% had 2 bedrooms and 42.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carrarang, 17.4% were owned outright, 5.8% were owned with a mortgage and 71.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Carrarang, of all households, 73.1% were family households, 26.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Carrarang, 16.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.8% 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 Carrarang, 42.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Carrarang, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 44 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 Carrarang, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Carrarang, 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.