Carpentaria (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,053 people in Carpentaria (S) of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 36.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Carpentaria (S) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.2% of the population.

Of people in Carpentaria (S) aged 15 years and over, 37.6% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Carpentaria (S) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Carpentaria (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 36.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Carpentaria (S) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Carpentaria (S) 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.5% were in primary school, 7.6% in secondary school and 4.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Carpentaria (S) were Australian 39.9%, English 19.3%, Irish 5.9%, Australian Aboriginal 5.7% and Scottish 3.7%.

In Carpentaria (S), 78.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.5%, New Zealand 1.4%, Philippines 1.0%, Germany 0.7% and Indonesia 0.7%.

In Carpentaria (S), 84.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Carpentaria (S) were Anglican 20.3%, Catholic 19.3%, No Religion 15.7%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Pentecostal 4.7%.

In Carpentaria (S) 83.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Indonesian 0.8%, Filipino 0.7%, German 0.4%, Italian 0.2% and Lardil 0.2%.

Employment

There were 901 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Carpentaria (S). Of these 70.4% were employed full time, 15.4% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Carpentaria (S), 5.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 63.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Carpentaria (S) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Carpentaria (S) included Labourers 26.6%, Managers 15.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.2%, Professionals 10.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8% and Sales Workers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Carpentaria (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 20.1%, Local Government Administration 6.4%, Metal Ore Mining 5.9%, School Education 5.4% and Accommodation 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Carpentaria (S) was $590.

In Carpentaria (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 36.4%, Walked only 24.7%, Other 6.0%, Car, as passenger 5.9% and Bicycle 1.6%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 42.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Carpentaria (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 52.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.8% provided care for children and 6.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.7% 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 Carpentaria (S), 19.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Carpentaria (S), 36.5% were couple families with children, 46.1% were couple families without children and 15.5% were one parent families.

In Carpentaria (S) 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Carpentaria (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,012 and those without children was $1,852.

Employment status of couple families

In Carpentaria (S), of couple families with children, 33.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 10.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Carpentaria (S), 84.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carpentaria (S), 71.9% were separate houses, 2.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.0% were flats, units or apartments and 15.4% were other dwellings.

In Carpentaria (S), of occupied private dwellings 13.7% had 1 bedroom, 23.5% had 2 bedrooms and 37.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carpentaria (S), 25.2% were owned outright, 12.8% were owned with a mortgage and 52.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Carpentaria (S), of all households, 66.4% were family households, 30.9% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Carpentaria (S), 28.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Carpentaria (S), 34.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Carpentaria (S), there were 758 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 350 (or 46.2%) were male and 408 (or 53.8%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Carpentaria (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $893.

In Carpentaria (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $800.