Calen

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 451 people in Calen of these 54.1% were male and 45.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Calen was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.1% of the population.

Of people in Calen aged 15 years and over, 52.6% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Calen was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Calen, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.2% 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 Calen was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Calen 24.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.0% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 11.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Calen were Australian 34.3%, English 26.9%, Irish 8.7%, German 7.7% and Scottish 7.4%.

In Calen, 88.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 1.5%, England 1.3%, Argentina 0.7% and Uruguay 0.7%.

In Calen, 87.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Calen were Catholic 23.5%, Anglican 19.9%, Uniting Church 19.0%, No Religion 15.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Calen 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Spanish 0.7%.

Employment

There were 209 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Calen. Of these 71.8% were employed full time, 23.0% were employed part-time and 1.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Calen, 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Calen was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Calen included Machinery Operators And Drivers 25.7%, Managers 15.5%, Labourers 14.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.1%, Professionals 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.8% and Sales Workers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Calen, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 13.9%, Coal Mining 10.1%, School Education 7.7%, Local Government Administration 3.8% and Specialised Food Retailing 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Calen was $496.

In Calen, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.8%, Bus 3.4%, Walked only 3.4%, Car, as passenger 2.4% and Truck 2.4%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Calen, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.1% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.5% 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 Calen, 20.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Calen, 46.7% were couple families with children, 41.7% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

In Calen 31.2% of single parents were male and 68.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Calen, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,562 and those without children was $2,463.

Employment status of couple families

In Calen, of couple families with children, 17.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Calen, 78.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Calen, 93.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.1% were other dwellings.

In Calen, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 18.5% had 2 bedrooms and 59.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Calen, 40.5% were owned outright, 26.4% were owned with a mortgage and 27.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Calen, of all households, 75.3% were family households, 22.2% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Calen, 26.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.0% 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 Calen, 25.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Calen, there were 31 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 61.3%) were male and 12 (or 38.7%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Calen, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,062.

In Calen, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.