Carey Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 931 people in Carey Bay of these 45.4% were male and 54.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Carey Bay was 59 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 37.8% of the population.

Of people in Carey Bay aged 15 years and over, 46.6% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Carey Bay was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Carey Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Carey Bay was 64 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Carey Bay 20.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.0% were in primary school, 17.8% in secondary school and 21.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Carey Bay were English 33.3%, Australian 32.2%, Scottish 9.0%, Irish 7.0% and German 3.4%.

In Carey Bay, 81.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 1.3%, Zimbabwe 1.3% and Solomon Islands 0.5%.

In Carey Bay, 70.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Carey Bay were Anglican 30.1%, No Religion 19.5%, Catholic 16.6%, Uniting Church 13.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Carey Bay 93.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.5%, Sinhalese 0.5%, Dutch 0.4%, Norwegian 0.4% and Greek 0.4%.

Employment

There were 330 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Carey Bay. Of these 58.8% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Carey Bay, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Carey Bay was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Carey Bay included Professionals 24.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.0%, Managers 15.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3%, Labourers 7.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.3% and Sales Workers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Carey Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Residential Building Construction 4.7%, Hospitals 4.7%, Coal Mining 3.5% and Residential Care Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Carey Bay was $528.

In Carey Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.5%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Train 1.9%, Car as driver, bicycle 1.6% and Walked only 1.3%. On the day, 3.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Carey Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.3% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% 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 Carey Bay, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Carey Bay, 27.9% were couple families with children, 53.3% were couple families without children and 17.2% were one parent families.

In Carey Bay 21.7% of single parents were male and 78.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Carey Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $2,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Carey Bay, of couple families with children, 15.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 15.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Carey Bay, 86.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carey Bay, 65.6% were separate houses, 19.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.6% were flats, units or apartments and 10.5% were other dwellings.

In Carey Bay, of occupied private dwellings 12.6% had 1 bedroom, 22.9% had 2 bedrooms and 38.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carey Bay, 49.7% were owned outright, 17.9% were owned with a mortgage and 28.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Carey Bay, of all households, 61.5% were family households, 35.6% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Carey Bay, 34.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.2% 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 Carey Bay, 43.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Carey Bay, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 32.1%) were male and 19 (or 67.9%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Carey Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $582.

In Carey Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.