Karratha

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 177 people in Karratha of these 62.7% were male and 37.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Karratha was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 3.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.6% of the population.

Of people in Karratha aged 15 years and over, 25.6% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Karratha was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Karratha, of people aged 15 years and over, 26.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 26.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Karratha was 26 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 24 years.

In Karratha 24.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 7.5% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 7.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Karratha were English 29.2%, Australian 11.2%, Scottish 10.4%, Irish 10.4% and Maori 4.2%.

In Karratha, 47.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 14.4%, England 8.0%, Philippines 3.4%, Ireland 2.3% and Chile 1.7%.

In Karratha, 44.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 45.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Karratha were Catholic 31.6%, No Religion 19.5%, Anglican 12.1%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Pentecostal 2.9%.

In Karratha 73.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Tagalog 2.3%, Krio 2.3%, Spanish 1.7% and Maori (New Zealand) 1.7%.

Employment

There were 127 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Karratha. Of these 85.0% were employed full time, 6.3% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Karratha, 2.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 78.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Karratha was 30 years and for people who were employed part-time was 55 years.

The most common occupations in Karratha included Labourers 25.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 23.0%, Managers 11.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Professionals 7.1% and Sales Workers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Karratha, the most common responses for industry of employment included Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 11.9%, Metal Ore Mining 8.7%, Accommodation 8.7%, Building Installation Services 5.6% and Other Construction Services 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Karratha was $1,257.

In Karratha, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 37.6%, Walked only 24.0%, Bus 4.8%, Car, as passenger 4.8% and Other 4.0%. On the day, 9.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 41.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Karratha, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 10.1% provided care for children and 3.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.6% 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 Karratha, 17.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Karratha, 14.3% were couple families with children, 85.7% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Karratha 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Karratha, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $0 and those without children was $2,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Karratha, of couple families with children, 68.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 15.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Karratha, 79.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Karratha, 30.2% were separate houses, 34.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.5% were flats, units or apartments and 11.3% were other dwellings.

In Karratha, of occupied private dwellings 45.3% had 1 bedroom, 49.1% had 2 bedrooms and 5.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.6. The average household size was 1.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Karratha, 7.7% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 84.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Karratha, of all households, 41.5% were family households, 35.8% were single person households and 22.6% were group households.

In Karratha, 14.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.3% 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 Karratha, 34.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Karratha, 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 45 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 Karratha, 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 Karratha, 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.