Craiglie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,032 people in Craiglie of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Craiglie was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.7% of the population.

Of people in Craiglie aged 15 years and over, 47.8% were married and 15.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Craiglie was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Craiglie, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Craiglie was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Craiglie 24.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.7% were in primary school, 16.3% in secondary school and 6.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Craiglie were English 31.5%, Australian 28.4%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.6% and Italian 3.3%.

In Craiglie, 66.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.4%, New Zealand 5.0%, United States of America 1.4%, Canada 1.2% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Craiglie, 54.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Craiglie were No Religion 30.9%, Catholic 24.1%, Anglican 19.1%, Uniting Church 5.4% and Christian, nfd 2.7%.

In Craiglie 88.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.0%, Cantonese 0.5%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.5%, Dutch 0.4% and Vietnamese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 532 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Craiglie. Of these 62.6% were employed full time, 28.2% were employed part-time and 1.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Craiglie, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Craiglie was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Craiglie included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.6%, Managers 18.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Professionals 10.7%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Labourers 10.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Craiglie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 13.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.9%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 3.3%, Residential Building Construction 3.1% and Building Installation Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Craiglie was $622.

In Craiglie, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.1%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Walked only 5.4%, Bicycle 5.0% and Truck 2.1%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Craiglie, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.4% provided care for children and 6.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 Craiglie, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Craiglie, 47.5% were couple families with children, 45.5% were couple families without children and 7.0% were one parent families.

In Craiglie 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Craiglie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,781 and those without children was $1,725.

Employment status of couple families

In Craiglie, of couple families with children, 26.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 26.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Craiglie, 90.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Craiglie, 82.0% were separate houses, 12.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.1% were flats, units or apartments and 3.7% were other dwellings.

In Craiglie, of occupied private dwellings 13.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.9% had 2 bedrooms and 35.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Craiglie, 24.7% were owned outright, 34.6% were owned with a mortgage and 36.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Craiglie, of all households, 67.4% were family households, 28.9% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Craiglie, 24.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.1% 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 Craiglie, 43.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Craiglie, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 46.2%) were male and 7 (or 53.8%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Craiglie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In Craiglie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $305 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.