Carlton (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 13,509 people in Carlton (Vic.) of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Carlton (Vic.) was 25 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 7.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.6% of the population.

Of people in Carlton (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 16.9% were married and 6.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Carlton (Vic.) was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Carlton (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 16.2% 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 Carlton (Vic.) was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Carlton (Vic.) 57.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 3.7% were in primary school, 3.7% in secondary school and 66.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Carlton (Vic.) were Chinese 23.4%, English 12.4%, Australian 9.7%, Irish 6.0% and Scottish 4.5%.

In Carlton (Vic.), 32.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 9.8%, Malaysia 9.0%, Singapore 3.9%, Indonesia 3.5% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.4%.

In Carlton (Vic.), 21.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 70.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Carlton (Vic.) were No Religion 33.5%, Catholic 14.5%, Buddhism 9.6%, Islam 9.1% and Anglican 3.7%.

In Carlton (Vic.) 40.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 14.7%, Cantonese 6.2%, Indonesian 2.9%, Somali 2.9% and Arabic 2.5%.

Employment

There were 6,265 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Carlton (Vic.). Of these 52.1% were employed full time, 29.5% were employed part-time and 13.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Carlton (Vic.), 16.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Carlton (Vic.) was 30 years and for people who were employed part-time was 26 years.

The most common occupations in Carlton (Vic.) included Professionals 43.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Managers 10.0%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.5%, Labourers 4.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Carlton (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 9.5%, Tertiary Education 7.5%, Hospitals 5.5%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.6% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Carlton (Vic.) was $366.

In Carlton (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 28.8%, Car, as driver 19.7%, Tram 16.3%, Bicycle 6.3% and Train, tram 3.2%. On the day, 26.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 21.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Carlton (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 9.0% provided care for children and 5.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.3% 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 Carlton (Vic.), 20.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Carlton (Vic.), 19.5% were couple families with children, 49.2% were couple families without children and 15.5% were one parent families.

In Carlton (Vic.) 14.7% of single parents were male and 85.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Carlton (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,880 and those without children was $2,402.

Employment status of couple families

In Carlton (Vic.), of couple families with children, 25.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 16.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Carlton (Vic.), 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carlton (Vic.), 3.0% were separate houses, 19.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 77.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Carlton (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 32.8% had 1 bedroom, 36.3% had 2 bedrooms and 15.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.8. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carlton (Vic.), 11.8% were owned outright, 9.8% were owned with a mortgage and 75.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Carlton (Vic.), of all households, 33.8% were family households, 45.4% were single person households and 20.8% were group households.

In Carlton (Vic.), 48.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.0% 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 Carlton (Vic.), 30.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 7.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 1.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Carlton (Vic.), there were 34 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 44.1%) were male and 19 (or 55.9%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Carlton (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Carlton (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $116 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.