Carss Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,218 people in Carss Park of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Carss Park was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.5% of the population.

Of people in Carss Park aged 15 years and over, 60.3% were married and 7.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Carss Park was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Carss Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Carss Park was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Carss Park 31.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.2% were in primary school, 26.7% in secondary school and 23.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Carss Park were Australian 19.8%, English 17.5%, Greek 12.7%, Irish 7.3% and Italian 5.6%.

In Carss Park, 73.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Greece 2.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.6%, England 2.3%, New Zealand 2.2% and Lebanon 1.5%.

In Carss Park, 43.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Carss Park were Catholic 27.5%, Eastern Orthodox 21.2%, Anglican 17.6%, No Religion 10.7% and Christian, nfd 3.0%.

In Carss Park 63.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 14.0%, Arabic 5.1%, Cantonese 2.6%, Italian 2.5% and Mandarin 2.4%.

Employment

There were 576 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Carss Park. Of these 59.4% were employed full time, 29.5% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Carss Park, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Carss Park was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Carss Park included Professionals 27.8%, Managers 19.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.4%, Sales Workers 11.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3%, Labourers 3.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Carss Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 6.8%, School Education 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Building Installation Services 3.3% and Real Estate Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Carss Park was $586.

In Carss Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.1%, Train 6.4%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Train, car as driver 3.6% and Train, bus 3.5%. On the day, 14.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Carss Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.3% provided care for children and 13.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.0% 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 Carss Park, 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Carss Park, 59.3% were couple families with children, 31.5% were couple families without children and 8.3% were one parent families.

In Carss Park 14.8% of single parents were male and 85.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Carss Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,043 and those without children was $3,214.

Employment status of couple families

In Carss Park, of couple families with children, 21.6% had both partners employed full-time, 1.4% had both employed part-time and 27.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Carss Park, 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carss Park, 80.0% were separate houses, 14.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Carss Park, of occupied private dwellings 7.1% had 1 bedroom, 15.9% had 2 bedrooms and 35.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carss Park, 43.0% were owned outright, 30.3% were owned with a mortgage and 22.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Carss Park, of all households, 71.2% were family households, 27.9% were single person households and 0.9% were group households.

In Carss Park, 28.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 24.0% 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 Carss Park, 25.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Carss Park, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 27.3%) were male and 8 (or 72.7%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Carss Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Carss Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.