Karawara

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,194 people in Karawara of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Karawara was 25 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.1% of the population.

Of people in Karawara aged 15 years and over, 31.5% were married and 8.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Karawara was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Karawara, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Karawara was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Karawara 55.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 9.1% were in primary school, 8.8% in secondary school and 58.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Karawara were Chinese 19.0%, English 15.0%, Australian 14.8%, Scottish 4.1% and Irish 3.7%.

In Karawara, 39.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Malaysia 9.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 6.1%, England 3.0%, Indonesia 2.4% and Singapore 2.3%.

In Karawara, 24.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 66.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Karawara were No Religion 24.6%, Catholic 20.3%, Islam 7.9%, Buddhism 7.5% and Anglican 7.0%.

In Karawara 46.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 11.2%, Cantonese 3.7%, Indonesian 2.7%, Arabic 2.2% and Persian (excluding Dari) 1.7%.

Employment

There were 931 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Karawara. Of these 41.8% were employed full time, 38.7% were employed part-time and 14.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Karawara, 22.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Karawara was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 24 years.

The most common occupations in Karawara included Professionals 25.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Labourers 12.5%, Sales Workers 12.0%, Managers 10.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Karawara, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 12.3%, Tertiary Education 5.9%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.8%, School Education 3.6% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Karawara was $320.

In Karawara, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.1%, Bus 6.8%, Walked only 6.4%, Car, as passenger 5.2% and Train, bus 3.4%. On the day, 13.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Karawara, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.9% provided care for children and 7.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.8% 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 Karawara, 19.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Karawara, 46.3% were couple families with children, 26.6% were couple families without children and 21.5% were one parent families.

In Karawara 11.0% of single parents were male and 89.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Karawara, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,407 and those without children was $2,463.

Employment status of couple families

In Karawara, of couple families with children, 22.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 17.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Karawara, 92.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Karawara, 71.9% were separate houses, 21.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Karawara, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.7% had 2 bedrooms and 42.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Karawara, 21.8% were owned outright, 26.9% were owned with a mortgage and 47.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Karawara, of all households, 61.3% were family households, 30.7% were single person households and 8.0% were group households.

In Karawara, 35.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.7% 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 Karawara, 30.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Karawara, there were 71 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 32 (or 45.1%) were male and 39 (or 54.9%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Karawara, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $766.

In Karawara, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $124 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,708.