Craigburn Farm

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,778 people in Craigburn Farm of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Craigburn Farm was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.6% of the population.

Of people in Craigburn Farm aged 15 years and over, 70.0% were married and 6.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Craigburn Farm was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Craigburn Farm, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Craigburn Farm was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Craigburn Farm 31.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.9% were in primary school, 22.8% in secondary school and 19.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Craigburn Farm were English 34.9%, Australian 26.7%, Scottish 7.6%, Irish 5.6% and German 5.0%.

In Craigburn Farm, 75.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.6%, South Africa 1.9%, Scotland 1.0%, India 1.0% and Malaysia 0.7%.

In Craigburn Farm, 56.3% 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 Craigburn Farm were No Religion 27.7%, Catholic 17.3%, Anglican 16.9%, Uniting Church 9.3% and Lutheran 4.6%.

In Craigburn Farm 88.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.0%, Greek 0.9%, Romanian 0.8%, Spanish 0.8% and Italian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 1,010 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Craigburn Farm. Of these 58.5% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Craigburn Farm, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Craigburn Farm was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Craigburn Farm included Professionals 30.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.0%, Managers 17.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.5%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Labourers 3.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Craigburn Farm, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.2%, School Education 5.0%, Tertiary Education 4.2%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.2% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Craigburn Farm was $840.

In Craigburn Farm, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.7%, Train 4.6%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Bus 1.5% and Walked only 1.4%. On the day, 8.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Craigburn Farm, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.5% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.1% 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 Craigburn Farm, 33.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Craigburn Farm, 57.8% were couple families with children, 36.0% were couple families without children and 5.4% were one parent families.

In Craigburn Farm 22.6% of single parents were male and 77.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Craigburn Farm, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,737 and those without children was $2,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Craigburn Farm, of couple families with children, 22.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.2% had both employed part-time and 33.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Craigburn Farm, 91.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Craigburn Farm, 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 Craigburn Farm, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.3% had 2 bedrooms and 38.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Craigburn Farm, 28.1% were owned outright, 66.8% were owned with a mortgage and 3.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Craigburn Farm, of all households, 89.1% were family households, 9.3% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Craigburn Farm, 6.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 27.0% 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 Craigburn Farm, 18.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 59.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

In Craigburn Farm, 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.