Carlton North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,220 people in Carlton North of these 46.8% were male and 53.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Carlton North was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.9% of the population.

Of people in Carlton North aged 15 years and over, 27.4% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Carlton North was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Carlton North, of people aged 15 years and over, 27.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Carlton North was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Carlton North 31.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 12.2% were in primary school, 8.3% in secondary school and 55.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Carlton North were English 22.7%, Australian 18.6%, Irish 12.8%, Scottish 8.9% and Italian 8.1%.

In Carlton North, 69.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 3.2%, Italy 2.8%, Malaysia 1.4% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.1%.

In Carlton North, 48.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Carlton North were No Religion 45.7%, Catholic 22.2%, Anglican 7.2%, Eastern Orthodox 3.0% and Buddhism 2.4%.

In Carlton North 77.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 5.3%, Greek 2.1%, Mandarin 1.8%, French 0.8% and Spanish 0.8%.

Employment

There were 4,144 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Carlton North. Of these 60.0% were employed full time, 30.6% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Carlton North, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Carlton North was 33 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The most common occupations in Carlton North included Professionals 47.1%, Managers 13.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Sales Workers 7.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.8%, Labourers 2.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.0%.

Of the employed people in Carlton North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 7.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.5%, Hospitals 5.3%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.7% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Carlton North was $848.

In Carlton North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 28.9%, Tram 18.5%, Bicycle 12.0%, Walked only 10.5% and Bus 2.7%. On the day, 26.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 31.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Carlton North, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.7% provided care for children and 8.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.0% 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 Carlton North, 31.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Carlton North, 30.9% were couple families with children, 51.2% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In Carlton North 19.6% of single parents were male and 80.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Carlton North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,113 and those without children was $2,580.

Employment status of couple families

In Carlton North, of couple families with children, 30.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.6% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Carlton North, 90.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carlton North, 6.4% were separate houses, 72.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 19.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Carlton North, of occupied private dwellings 8.7% had 1 bedroom, 47.4% had 2 bedrooms and 31.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carlton North, 28.1% were owned outright, 17.3% were owned with a mortgage and 52.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Carlton North, of all households, 52.1% were family households, 26.3% were single person households and 21.5% were group households.

In Carlton North, 14.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.8% 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 North, 48.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Carlton North, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 72.7%) were male and 6 (or 27.3%) were female. The median age was 29 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 North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $841.

In Carlton North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $290 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.