Karuah

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,327 people in Karuah of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 14.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Karuah was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 26.6% of the population.

Of people in Karuah aged 15 years and over, 49.4% were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Karuah was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Karuah, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Karuah was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Karuah 24.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.0% were in primary school, 19.9% in secondary school and 12.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Karuah were Australian 33.8%, English 30.2%, Irish 7.7%, Scottish 6.0% and Australian Aboriginal 5.5%.

In Karuah, 83.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 1.0%, Philippines 0.8%, Scotland 0.8% and Germany 0.7%.

In Karuah, 76.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Karuah were Anglican 29.6%, Catholic 22.1%, No Religion 20.0%, Uniting Church 8.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.4%.

In Karuah 91.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.4%, Filipino 0.3%, German 0.2%, French 0.2% and Greek 0.2%.

Employment

There were 474 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Karuah. Of these 54.0% were employed full time, 30.6% were employed part-time and 9.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Karuah, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.2% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Karuah included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Managers 16.5%, Labourers 14.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Sales Workers 8.0% and Professionals 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Karuah, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8%, Aquaculture 3.5% and Residential Building Construction 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Karuah was $353.

In Karuah, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.4%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Walked only 5.4%, Truck 2.8% and Other 1.4%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Karuah, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.0% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.4% 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 Karuah, 21.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Karuah, 30.0% were couple families with children, 51.5% were couple families without children and 17.4% were one parent families.

In Karuah 16.1% of single parents were male and 83.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Karuah, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,772 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Karuah, of couple families with children, 11.5% had both partners employed full-time, 1.7% had both employed part-time and 19.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Karuah, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Karuah, 79.3% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 17.9% were other dwellings.

In Karuah, of occupied private dwellings 10.0% had 1 bedroom, 25.2% had 2 bedrooms and 34.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Karuah, 47.3% were owned outright, 24.5% were owned with a mortgage and 23.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Karuah, of all households, 64.7% were family households, 32.9% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Karuah, 47.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Karuah, 38.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Karuah, there were 185 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 90 (or 48.6%) were male and 95 (or 51.4%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Karuah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Karuah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $125 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,127.