Crafers West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,101 people in Crafers West of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Crafers West was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.4% of the population.

Of people in Crafers West aged 15 years and over, 57.0% were married and 13.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Crafers West was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Crafers West, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Crafers West was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Crafers West 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.7% were in primary school, 17.8% in secondary school and 22.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Crafers West were English 32.5%, Australian 27.1%, German 7.7%, Irish 6.9% and Scottish 6.9%.

In Crafers West, 76.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.2%, Germany 1.6%, New Zealand 1.3%, Netherlands 0.9% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Crafers West, 53.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Crafers West were No Religion 43.7%, Anglican 14.2%, Catholic 12.6%, Uniting Church 8.4% and Christian, nfd 3.1%.

In Crafers West 91.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.5%, Italian 1.0%, Spanish 0.5%, Dutch 0.5% and Bosnian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 632 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Crafers West. Of these 55.5% were employed full time, 35.3% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Crafers West, 14.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.4% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Crafers West included Professionals 42.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Managers 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%, Sales Workers 7.5%, Labourers 4.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Crafers West, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.2%, Tertiary Education 5.9%, Hospitals 4.6%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.9% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Crafers West was $843.

In Crafers West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.1%, Bus 4.7%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Walked only 1.6% and Taxi, car as passenger 0.8%. On the day, 6.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Crafers West, of people aged 15 years and over, 85.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.4% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.4% 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 Crafers West, 34.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Crafers West, 53.1% were couple families with children, 38.3% were couple families without children and 8.6% were one parent families.

In Crafers West 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Crafers West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,698 and those without children was $2,294.

Employment status of couple families

In Crafers West, of couple families with children, 21.0% had both partners employed full-time, 7.7% had both employed part-time and 25.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Crafers West, 91.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Crafers West, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Crafers West, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 10.1% had 2 bedrooms and 49.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Crafers West, 34.6% were owned outright, 54.6% were owned with a mortgage and 8.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Crafers West, of all households, 80.0% were family households, 17.3% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Crafers West, 11.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.3% 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 Crafers West, 22.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Crafers West, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 45 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 Crafers West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $100.

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