Carroll

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 176 people in Carroll of these 57.4% were male and 42.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 22.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Carroll was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.8% of the population.

Of people in Carroll aged 15 years and over, 41.5% were married and 23.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Carroll was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Carroll, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Carroll was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Carroll 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.0% were in primary school, 34.0% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Carroll were Australian 34.3%, English 31.8%, Irish 12.0%, Scottish 3.9% and German 3.4%.

In Carroll, 86.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.8% and Spain 2.3%.

In Carroll, 85.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Carroll were Anglican 32.8%, Catholic 18.1%, No Religion 15.3%, Christian, nfd 6.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1%.

In Carroll 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Spanish 1.7%.

Employment

There were 57 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Carroll. Of these 49.1% were employed full time, 42.1% were employed part-time and 8.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Carroll, 5.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 21.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Carroll was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Carroll included Labourers 31.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Professionals 9.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.8%, Managers 7.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.8% and Sales Workers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Carroll, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 16.0%, School Education 12.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.0%, Coal Mining 8.0% and Recreational Goods Retailing 8.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Carroll was $359.

In Carroll, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 71.7%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Truck 5.7% and Walked only 5.7%. 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 73.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Carroll, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.4% provided care for children and 5.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.4% 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 Carroll, 19.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Carroll, 44.7% were couple families with children, 29.8% were couple families without children and 25.5% were one parent families.

In Carroll 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Carroll, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,562 and those without children was $1,383.

Employment status of couple families

In Carroll, of couple families with children, 8.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 36.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Carroll, 95.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carroll, 87.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 8.5% were other dwellings.

In Carroll, of occupied private dwellings 9.9% had 1 bedroom, 25.4% had 2 bedrooms and 50.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carroll, 45.7% were owned outright, 21.4% were owned with a mortgage and 20.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Carroll, of all households, 66.7% were family households, 33.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Carroll, 46.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Carroll, 35.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Carroll, there were 40 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 22 (or 55.0%) were male and 18 (or 45.0%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Carroll, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,066.

In Carroll, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,652.