Karana Downs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,826 people in Karana Downs of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Karana Downs was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.7% of the population.

Of people in Karana Downs aged 15 years and over, 56.9% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Karana Downs was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Karana Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Karana Downs was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Karana Downs 32.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.3% were in primary school, 22.0% in secondary school and 21.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Karana Downs were English 31.7%, Australian 29.2%, Scottish 8.4%, Irish 8.4% and German 5.0%.

In Karana Downs, 76.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.5%, New Zealand 3.8%, South Africa 2.1%, Germany 0.7% and United States of America 0.7%.

In Karana Downs, 56.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Karana Downs were No Religion 25.9%, Anglican 21.2%, Catholic 19.7%, Uniting Church 8.5% and Baptist 3.9%.

In Karana Downs 93.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.6%, German 0.5%, French 0.4%, Spanish 0.4% and Dutch 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,145 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Karana Downs. Of these 59.8% were employed full time, 29.2% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Karana Downs, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Karana Downs was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Karana Downs included Professionals 25.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Managers 14.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Labourers 6.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Karana Downs, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.5%, Hospitals 4.5%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.9% and Public Order and Safety Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Karana Downs was $757.

In Karana Downs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.0%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Train, car as driver 2.2%, Train 1.2% and Motorbike/scooter 1.2%. On the day, 7.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Karana Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.7% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.6% 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 Karana Downs, 31.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Karana Downs, 52.8% were couple families with children, 32.7% were couple families without children and 13.3% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Karana Downs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,432 and those without children was $2,403.

Employment status of couple families

In Karana Downs, of couple families with children, 26.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 23.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Karana Downs, 94.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Karana Downs, 96.1% were separate houses, 3.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Karana Downs, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 3.1% had 2 bedrooms and 38.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Karana Downs, 28.5% were owned outright, 53.4% were owned with a mortgage and 16.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Karana Downs, of all households, 85.0% were family households, 13.4% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Karana Downs, 12.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.6% 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 Karana Downs, 24.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Karana Downs, there were 45 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 51.1%) were male and 22 (or 48.9%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Karana Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,062.

In Karana Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.