Carrum Downs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 19,122 people in Carrum Downs of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Carrum Downs was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in Carrum Downs aged 15 years and over, 41.9% were married and 15.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Carrum Downs was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Carrum Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Carrum Downs was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Carrum Downs 30.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.7% were in primary school, 22.2% in secondary school and 14.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Carrum Downs were English 26.9%, Australian 26.7%, Scottish 6.4%, Irish 6.3% and Italian 2.5%.

In Carrum Downs, 69.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, New Zealand 2.7%, India 2.2%, Philippines 1.3% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Carrum Downs, 50.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Carrum Downs were No Religion 26.4%, Catholic 23.8%, Anglican 15.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3% and Uniting Church 2.9%.

In Carrum Downs 79.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 1.1%, Tamil 1.0%, Dutch 0.8%, Greek 0.7% and Spanish 0.7%.

Employment

There were 9,752 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Carrum Downs. Of these 63.3% were employed full time, 25.6% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Carrum Downs, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Carrum Downs was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Carrum Downs included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.0%, Labourers 12.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.1%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Professionals 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9% and Managers 8.7%.

Of the employed people in Carrum Downs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Hospitals 3.2%, Road Freight Transport 2.7% and School Education 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Carrum Downs was $591.

In Carrum Downs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.1%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Train 1.8%, Bus 1.4% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 5.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Carrum Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.2% 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 Carrum Downs, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Carrum Downs, 46.7% were couple families with children, 29.6% were couple families without children and 22.0% were one parent families.

In Carrum Downs 19.1% of single parents were male and 80.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Carrum Downs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,856 and those without children was $1,814.

Employment status of couple families

In Carrum Downs, of couple families with children, 24.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Carrum Downs, 94.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carrum Downs, 84.5% were separate houses, 9.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

In Carrum Downs, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 9.2% had 2 bedrooms and 63.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carrum Downs, 19.2% were owned outright, 51.3% were owned with a mortgage and 26.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Carrum Downs, of all households, 72.2% were family households, 23.8% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Carrum Downs, 20.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Carrum Downs, 36.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Carrum Downs, there were 166 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 75 (or 45.2%) were male and 91 (or 54.8%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Carrum Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $955.

In Carrum Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,655.