Karratha Industrial Estate

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 504 people in Karratha Industrial Estate of these 72.2% were male and 27.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Karratha Industrial Estate was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 5.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.0% of the population.

Of people in Karratha Industrial Estate aged 15 years and over, 35.4% were married and 17.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Karratha Industrial Estate was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Karratha Industrial Estate, of people aged 15 years and over, 27.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Karratha Industrial Estate was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Karratha Industrial Estate 18.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.2% were in primary school, 7.5% in secondary school and 9.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Karratha Industrial Estate were English 28.3%, Australian 25.5%, Scottish 8.4%, Irish 7.9% and German 3.6%.

In Karratha Industrial Estate, 58.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 11.1%, Philippines 3.8%, England 3.6%, Ireland 1.8% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Karratha Industrial Estate, 50.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Karratha Industrial Estate were No Religion 30.3%, Catholic 20.6%, Anglican 15.0%, Christian, nfd 3.4% and Uniting Church 3.2%.

In Karratha Industrial Estate 79.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 2.2%, Filipino 1.8%, Spanish 0.6%, Italian 0.6% and Serbian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 398 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Karratha Industrial Estate. Of these 86.9% were employed full time, 6.8% were employed part-time and 2.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Karratha Industrial Estate, 2.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 1.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 83.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Karratha Industrial Estate was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Karratha Industrial Estate included Machinery Operators And Drivers 28.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 27.3%, Labourers 13.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Managers 7.8%, Professionals 4.5%, Sales Workers 3.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Karratha Industrial Estate, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 12.6%, Road Passenger Transport 5.8%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 4.8%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 4.3% and Metal Ore Mining 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Karratha Industrial Estate was $1,412.

In Karratha Industrial Estate, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.1%, Walked only 24.4%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Bus 4.3% and Other 3.8%. On the day, 5.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Karratha Industrial Estate, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 10.5% provided care for children and 4.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.1% 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 Karratha Industrial Estate, 18.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 3.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Karratha Industrial Estate, 25.4% were couple families with children, 70.4% were couple families without children and 4.2% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Karratha Industrial Estate, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,250 and those without children was $2,444.

Employment status of couple families

In Karratha Industrial Estate, of couple families with children, 55.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 18.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Karratha Industrial Estate, 80.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Karratha Industrial Estate, 6.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 43.9% were flats, units or apartments and 49.5% were other dwellings.

In Karratha Industrial Estate, of occupied private dwellings 43.4% had 1 bedroom, 15.8% had 2 bedrooms and 6.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.5. The average household size was 1.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Karratha Industrial Estate, 28.6% were owned outright, 7.7% were owned with a mortgage and 45.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Karratha Industrial Estate, of all households, 35.8% were family households, 59.1% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Karratha Industrial Estate, 7.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.4% 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 Karratha Industrial Estate, 32.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Karratha Industrial Estate, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 64.3%) were male and 5 (or 35.7%) 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 Karratha Industrial Estate, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,250.

In Karratha Industrial Estate, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $1,125 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.