Carabooda

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 737 people in Carabooda of these 54.7% were male and 45.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Carabooda was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.7% of the population.

Of people in Carabooda aged 15 years and over, 51.9% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Carabooda was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Carabooda, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Carabooda was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 26 years.

In Carabooda 33.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.3% were in primary school, 20.1% in secondary school and 15.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Carabooda were English 31.9%, Australian 23.6%, Italian 5.4%, Scottish 5.3% and Irish 4.9%.

In Carabooda, 58.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 13.6%, New Zealand 3.2%, South Africa 2.4%, Vietnam 2.0% and Scotland 1.2%.

In Carabooda, 39.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 46.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Carabooda were No Religion 25.4%, Catholic 23.4%, Anglican 17.1%, Buddhism 4.3% and Eastern Orthodox 2.3%.

In Carabooda 79.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 2.8%, Italian 2.2%, Macedonian 1.9%, German 1.2% and Afrikaans 0.8%.

Employment

There were 382 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Carabooda. Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 29.6% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Carabooda, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Carabooda was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Carabooda included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.0%, Managers 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Professionals 10.7%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Labourers 9.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Carabooda, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 4.4%, Residential Building Construction 3.8%, School Education 3.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6% and Building Completion Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Carabooda was $637.

In Carabooda, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.4%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Walked only 4.6%, Truck 2.7% and Train, car as driver 2.5%. On the day, 8.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Carabooda, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.3% provided care for children and 7.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.1% 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 Carabooda, 24.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Carabooda, 50.3% were couple families with children, 34.2% were couple families without children and 13.5% were one parent families.

In Carabooda 26.1% of single parents were male and 73.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Carabooda, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,214 and those without children was $2,349.

Employment status of couple families

In Carabooda, of couple families with children, 20.6% had both partners employed full-time, 6.1% had both employed part-time and 25.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Carabooda, 73.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carabooda, 98.2% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Carabooda, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 6.2% had 2 bedrooms and 24.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carabooda, 26.2% were owned outright, 54.7% were owned with a mortgage and 16.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Carabooda, of all households, 83.9% were family households, 14.3% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Carabooda, 16.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.9% 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 Carabooda, 22.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Carabooda, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Carabooda, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Carabooda, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $433.