Carey Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,039 people in Carey Park of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Carey Park was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.5% of the population.

Of people in Carey Park aged 15 years and over, 36.9% were married and 16.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Carey Park was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Carey Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Carey Park was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Carey Park 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.0% were in primary school, 13.8% in secondary school and 13.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Carey Park were English 31.3%, Australian 31.0%, Scottish 6.3%, Irish 6.2% and Italian 3.0%.

In Carey Park, 73.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.9%, New Zealand 3.0%, Philippines 1.7%, India 0.8% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Carey Park, 62.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Carey Park were No Religion 27.4%, Anglican 23.2%, Catholic 19.3%, Uniting Church 3.3% and Baptist 2.5%.

In Carey Park 84.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Filipino 0.9%, Italian 0.6%, Vietnamese 0.4%, Tagalog 0.4% and Akan 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,333 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Carey Park. Of these 55.4% were employed full time, 28.4% were employed part-time and 8.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Carey Park, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Carey Park was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Carey Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.1%, Labourers 17.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Professionals 9.7% and Managers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Carey Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, School Education 4.3%, Hospitals 2.8%, Road Freight Transport 2.6% and Residential Care Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Carey Park was $505.

In Carey Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.7%, Car, as passenger 9.2%, Bus 2.6%, Walked only 2.4% and Bicycle 1.1%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Carey Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.0% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.8% 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 Carey Park, 22.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Carey Park, 32.5% were couple families with children, 41.3% were couple families without children and 24.3% were one parent families.

In Carey Park 15.5% of single parents were male and 84.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Carey Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,892 and those without children was $1,784.

Employment status of couple families

In Carey Park, of couple families with children, 14.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 18.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Carey Park, 89.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carey Park, 82.6% were separate houses, 11.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Carey Park, of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 16.7% had 2 bedrooms and 57.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Carey Park, 22.6% were owned outright, 28.4% were owned with a mortgage and 45.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Carey Park, of all households, 61.4% were family households, 33.5% were single person households and 5.1% were group households.

In Carey Park, 31.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.4% 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 Carey Park, 40.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Carey Park, there were 260 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 116 (or 44.6%) were male and 144 (or 55.4%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Carey Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $944.

In Carey Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $197 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,647.