Carapooee West

27.5% of Carapooee West's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

8 family households lived in Carapooee West; 50.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

62.5% of local families included children under 15. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Carapooee West had 40 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 80.0% of occupied private dwellings in Carapooee West.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

54.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

45.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Carapooee West had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 23.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 0.0%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

0.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

78.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 21.4% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 0.0% of the total.

100.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

48.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 51.4% reported a different address.

10.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

97.5% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.0% of Carapooee West's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.0% 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 97.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 57.5% of ancestry responses in Carapooee West.

Australian ancestry made up 32.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 21.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 42.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 28.6% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

25.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

55.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

15.0% reported asthma, 17.5% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.0%.

Median household income was $2,083 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $0 per week.

Working from home was 0.0% in Carapooee West, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 54.5% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 0.0% in Carapooee West, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..