Karrabin

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 474 people in Karrabin of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Karrabin was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.2% of the population.

Of people in Karrabin aged 15 years and over, 52.1% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Karrabin was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Karrabin, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Karrabin was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Karrabin 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.6% were in primary school, 22.8% in secondary school and 15.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Karrabin were Australian 33.7%, English 27.4%, German 12.2%, Scottish 8.3% and Irish 6.1%.

In Karrabin, 86.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.7%, England 2.1%, Fiji 0.6%, Germany 0.6% and Jamaica 0.6%.

In Karrabin, 77.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Karrabin were No Religion 25.6%, Anglican 23.7%, Catholic 21.4%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Karrabin 96.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 0.6%, Greek 0.6% and Mandarin 0.6%.

Employment

There were 271 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Karrabin. Of these 66.1% were employed full time, 26.6% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Karrabin, 7.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Karrabin was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Karrabin included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.3%, Managers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Labourers 10.4%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.0% and Professionals 9.2%.

Of the employed people in Karrabin, the most common responses for industry of employment included Public Order and Safety Services 5.0%, School Education 4.6%, Road Freight Transport 4.2%, Building Installation Services 3.9% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Karrabin was $650.

In Karrabin, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.3%, Truck 4.2%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Other 1.9% and Train 1.5%. On the day, 4.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Karrabin, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.0% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.6% 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 Karrabin, 29.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Karrabin, 53.5% were couple families with children, 37.8% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

In Karrabin 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Karrabin, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,173 and those without children was $1,700.

Employment status of couple families

In Karrabin, of couple families with children, 27.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 27.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Karrabin, 98.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 1.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Karrabin, 98.0% were separate houses, 2.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Karrabin, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.8% had 2 bedrooms and 36.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Karrabin, 28.5% were owned outright, 46.4% were owned with a mortgage and 23.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Karrabin, of all households, 82.8% were family households, 15.2% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Karrabin, 17.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.6% 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 Karrabin, 20.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Karrabin, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 68.4%) were male and 6 (or 31.6%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Karrabin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,958.

In Karrabin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $343 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.