Catherine Field (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,196 people in Catherine Field (L) of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Catherine Field (L) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Catherine Field (L) aged 15 years and over, 56.8% were married and 5.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Catherine Field (L) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Catherine Field (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Catherine Field (L) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Catherine Field (L) 34.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.4% were in primary school, 23.9% in secondary school and 15.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Catherine Field (L) were English 21.6%, Australian 17.0%, Italian 16.7%, Maltese 8.6% and Irish 5.6%.

In Catherine Field (L), 71.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 3.2%, Malta 2.3%, England 2.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.6% and Lebanon 1.1%.

In Catherine Field (L), 46.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 39.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Catherine Field (L) were Catholic 51.0%, Anglican 15.1%, No Religion 10.0%, Eastern Orthodox 5.0% and Uniting Church 2.3%.

In Catherine Field (L) 68.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 5.9%, Cantonese 2.8%, Arabic 2.4%, Serbian 2.3% and Maltese 2.3%.

Employment

There were 563 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Catherine Field (L). Of these 61.1% were employed full time, 28.4% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Catherine Field (L), 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Catherine Field (L) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Catherine Field (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.2%, Managers 13.3%, Professionals 12.0%, Labourers 10.5%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Catherine Field (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 8.3%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 4.3%, Building Installation Services 4.1%, Building Structure Services 3.1% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Catherine Field (L) was $494.

In Catherine Field (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.4%, Truck 9.4%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Train, car as driver 1.7% and Train, bus 0.7%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Catherine Field (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 62.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 9.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.9% 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 Catherine Field (L), 20.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Catherine Field (L), 62.0% were couple families with children, 26.7% were couple families without children and 11.3% were one parent families.

In Catherine Field (L) 25.8% of single parents were male and 74.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Catherine Field (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,214 and those without children was $2,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Catherine Field (L), of couple families with children, 19.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Catherine Field (L), 99.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Catherine Field (L), 95.0% were separate houses, 3.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Catherine Field (L), of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 6.3% had 2 bedrooms and 28.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Catherine Field (L), 42.8% were owned outright, 37.7% were owned with a mortgage and 16.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Catherine Field (L), of all households, 86.6% were family households, 12.5% were single person households and 0.9% were group households.

In Catherine Field (L), 20.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.5% 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 Catherine Field (L), 15.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 45.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Catherine Field (L), there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 38.5%) were male and 8 (or 61.5%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Catherine Field (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $574.

In Catherine Field (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.