Carisbrook

19.5% of Carisbrook's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

321 family households lived in Carisbrook; 43.3% were couple families and 12.1% were one-parent families.

35.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Carisbrook had 1,192 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 95.3% of occupied private dwellings in Carisbrook.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

45.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

41.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Carisbrook had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 29.2% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Two-person households represented 33.4%, while 24.7% had four or more usual residents.

7.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

69.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.

3.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 26.8% of the total.

70.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.9% reported a different address.

7.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

92.3% of residents used only English at home.

2.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

7.0% of Carisbrook's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.0% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.5% of ancestry responses in Carisbrook.

Australian ancestry made up 45.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

9.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 13.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

27.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

52.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.2% reported asthma, 14.4% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.0%.

Median household income was $1,205 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,092.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $223 per week.

Working from home was 7.6% in Carisbrook, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 45.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 13.1% in Carisbrook, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..