Carmila

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 398 people in Carmila of these 55.5% were male and 44.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Carmila was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.0% of the population.

Of people in Carmila aged 15 years and over, 48.5% were married and 16.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Carmila was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Carmila, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Carmila was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Carmila 33.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.1% were in primary school, 15.9% in secondary school and 4.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Carmila were Australian 35.9%, English 33.1%, Scottish 4.7%, Irish 4.5% and German 3.9%.

In Carmila, 77.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.7%, England 1.5%, Canada 1.0%, Fiji 1.0% and Germany 1.0%.

In Carmila, 81.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Carmila were Catholic 24.8%, Anglican 21.1%, Uniting Church 15.0%, No Religion 13.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.0%.

In Carmila 87.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Irish 1.3%.

Employment

There were 179 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Carmila. Of these 69.8% were employed full time, 24.0% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Carmila, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 62.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Carmila was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Carmila included Managers 26.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 22.4%, Labourers 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.1%, Sales Workers 6.5% and Professionals 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Carmila, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 18.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 10.5%, Coal Mining 8.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.3% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Carmila was $405.

In Carmila, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.4%, Walked only 10.5%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Bus 2.9% and Truck 2.3%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Carmila, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.6% provided care for children and 5.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.5% 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 Carmila, 18.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Carmila, 35.3% were couple families with children, 55.9% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

In Carmila 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Carmila, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,187 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Carmila, of couple families with children, 28.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Carmila, 85.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carmila, 93.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.2% were other dwellings.

In Carmila, of occupied private dwellings 11.6% had 1 bedroom, 11.6% had 2 bedrooms and 46.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carmila, 45.5% were owned outright, 25.5% were owned with a mortgage and 26.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Carmila, of all households, 70.3% were family households, 27.6% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Carmila, 37.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Carmila, 34.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Carmila, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 57.1%) were male and 3 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Carmila, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 2.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In Carmila, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.