Crawley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,108 people in Crawley of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Crawley was 24 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 7.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.4% of the population.

Of people in Crawley aged 15 years and over, 28.2% were married and 5.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Crawley was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Crawley, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Crawley was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Crawley 62.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 4.1% were in primary school, 2.0% in secondary school and 81.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Crawley were Chinese 19.9%, English 19.6%, Australian 13.7%, Irish 5.9% and Scottish 5.0%.

In Crawley, 36.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 9.1%, Singapore 8.6%, Malaysia 8.0%, England 4.6% and South Africa 2.4%.

In Crawley, 23.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 65.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Crawley were No Religion 29.5%, Catholic 16.0%, Anglican 12.3%, Islam 8.5% and Buddhism 5.0%.

In Crawley 52.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 15.4%, Cantonese 2.9%, Malay 2.8%, Indonesian 2.0% and Arabic 1.7%.

Employment

There were 1,325 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Crawley. Of these 39.2% were employed full time, 40.2% were employed part-time and 13.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Crawley, 29.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Crawley was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 24 years.

The most common occupations in Crawley included Professionals 37.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.8%, Managers 10.8%, Labourers 10.4%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.4%.

Of the employed people in Crawley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 12.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 9.6%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.2%, School Education 4.5% and Hospitals 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Crawley was $316.

In Crawley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 35.4%, Walked only 16.2%, Bus 9.6%, Car, as passenger 4.5% and Bicycle 3.9%. On the day, 12.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 39.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Crawley, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 12.8% provided care for children and 5.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.7% 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 Crawley, 19.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Crawley, 24.8% were couple families with children, 60.2% were couple families without children and 7.7% were one parent families.

In Crawley 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Crawley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,333 and those without children was $2,455.

Employment status of couple families

In Crawley, of couple families with children, 13.2% had both partners employed full-time, 7.5% had both employed part-time and 10.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Crawley, 82.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Crawley, 4.6% were separate houses, 19.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 75.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Crawley, of occupied private dwellings 23.1% had 1 bedroom, 36.4% had 2 bedrooms and 32.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.2. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Crawley, 22.7% were owned outright, 11.8% were owned with a mortgage and 63.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Crawley, of all households, 47.8% were family households, 36.3% were single person households and 16.0% were group households.

In Crawley, 32.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.4% 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 Crawley, 47.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Crawley, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 57.1%) were male and 9 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Crawley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Crawley, 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.