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Caringbah vs Woolooware

Name: Caringbah vs Woolooware — 2021 Census comparison
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Suburb / Locality comparison ≈ 1.6 km apart · Caringbah profile · Woolooware profile

Caringbah Woolooware

Caringbah and Woolooware are neighbouring areas with distinct housing and transport profiles. Caringbah has a far higher share of renters at 38.2% and is more densely populated with flats and apartments. It also has significantly more public transport options, with 77 stops and 1,291.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people. In contrast, Woolooware is more suburban, with a far higher share of separate houses (44.2%) and larger homes, as 58.1% of dwellings have three or more bedrooms.

Both areas sit near the national figure for adults with a bachelor degree or higher. They are also very similar in their proportions of people aged 65 and over and those who identify as having no religion. While Woolooware has a well higher share of high-income households earning $3,000 or more a week (35.0%), Caringbah is more diverse, with a well higher share of people born overseas (21.5%) and those using another language at home (14.9%).

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Where they differ most

Separate houses: 16.5 pts higher in Woolooware Population: 7,515 larger in Caringbah Renting: 11.6 pts higher in Caringbah 3+ bedrooms: 9.7 pts higher in Woolooware Owned outright: 7.0 pts higher in Woolooware

Demographics & Identity

Population in Caringbah in Woolooware +7,515 larger in Caringbah gap widening

12,575 88th pct 5,060 86th pct

Median age in Caringbah in Woolooware +2 yrs older in Woolooware gap widening

37 yrs 20th pct 39 yrs 26th pct

Age structure

31.7% Young adults (25–44) ◂ +3.5 pts 28.2%

23.8% Older adults (45–64) +2.4 pts ▸ 26.3%

18.4% Children (0–14) ◂ +2.4 pts 16.0%

15.8% Seniors (65+) +0.9 pts ▸ 16.7%

10.4% Youth (15–24) +2.4 pts ▸ 12.8%

Marital status

40.9% Married +5.6 pts ▸ 46.5%

38.9% Never married ◂ +0.9 pts 38.0%

12.0% Divorced ◂ +3.7 pts 8.3%

4.8% Widowed ◂ +0.5 pts 4.3%

3.4% Separated ◂ +0.4 pts 2.9%

Age & sex structure

Caringbah Woolooware

Bars show the share of each area's own population, so differently sized areas stay comparable.

Ancestry & Birthplace

Country of birth

74.3% Australia +5.4 pts ▸ 79.7%

3.8% England +0.3 pts ▸ 4.1%

2.0% New Zealand ◂ +0.2 pts 1.9%

1.8% China ◂ +1.6 pts 0.2%

1.0% Philippines ◂ +1.0 pts 0.1%

0.8% India ◂ +0.5 pts 0.3%

0.6% South Africa even 0.7%

0.4% Italy +0.2 pts ▸ 0.6%

0.3% Vietnam ◂ +0.2 pts 0.2%

0.2% Nepal ◂ +0.2 pts 0.0%

Ancestry

36.7% English +5.7 pts ▸ 42.5%

34.4% Australian +1.7 pts ▸ 36.0%

12.2% Irish +1.4 pts ▸ 13.5%

9.4% Scottish +0.3 pts ▸ 9.7%

4.3% Italian +1.2 pts ▸ 5.5%

4.5% Chinese ◂ +2.8 pts 1.7%

3.1% German +0.5 pts ▸ 3.6%

3.1% Greek ◂ +0.1 pts 2.9%

1.6% Filipino ◂ +1.3 pts 0.3%

1.1% Dutch +0.5 pts ▸ 1.5%

0.9% Indian ◂ +0.3 pts 0.6%

0.5% Vietnamese ◂ +0.1 pts 0.4%

Language

Language used at home

80.5% English only +6.8 pts ▸ 87.3%

2.0% Mandarin ◂ +1.8 pts 0.2%

1.3% Greek +0.3 pts ▸ 1.6%

1.0% Cantonese ◂ +0.7 pts 0.3%

0.6% Italian even 0.6%

0.5% Arabic ◂ +0.2 pts 0.4%

0.5% Tagalog ◂ +0.5 pts 0.0%

0.4% Vietnamese ◂ +0.2 pts 0.2%

0.2% Punjabi ◂ +0.2 pts 0.0%

0.1% Hindi even 0.2%

Religion

Religious affiliation

53.9% Christianity +2.6 pts ▸ 56.5%

37.1% No religion +0.2 pts ▸ 37.3%

5.7% Not stated ◂ +1.8 pts 3.9%

1.2% Buddhism +0.1 pts ▸ 1.3%

0.7% Islam ◂ +0.2 pts 0.5%

0.7% Hinduism ◂ +0.6 pts 0.1%

0.4% Other religions ◂ +0.2 pts 0.2%

0.2% Judaism even 0.1%

Education & Qualifications

Schools/1k kids in Caringbah in Woolooware +0.12 more in Caringbah

2.59 37th pct 2.48 36th pct

Schools ≤3 km in Caringbah in Woolooware +10 more in Caringbah

33 89th pct 23 87th pct

Avg size in Caringbah in Woolooware +8 larger in Woolooware

506 73rd pct 514 74th pct

ICSEA in Caringbah in Woolooware +7 higher in Woolooware

1,077 87th pct 1,084 88th pct

Highest year of school

60.9% Year 12 +5.3 pts ▸ 66.2%

22.4% Year 10 ◂ +1.8 pts 20.6%

6.2% Year 9 or below ◂ +1.4 pts 4.9%

4.9% Year 11 ◂ +0.2 pts 4.7%

Highest qualification level

26.8% Bachelor degree +4.0 pts ▸ 30.8%

28.5% Certificate III / IV ◂ +3.2 pts 25.3%

16.9% Advanced diploma / diploma +2.5 pts ▸ 19.4%

7.9% Postgraduate degree even 7.9%

3.3% Graduate diploma / certificate +0.1 pts ▸ 3.4%

1.7% Certificate I / II ◂ +0.4 pts 1.3%

Field of qualification

23.0% Management & commerce +1.9 pts ▸ 24.9%

13.6% Engineering & related +0.4 pts ▸ 14.0%

11.6% Society & culture +0.4 pts ▸ 12.0%

9.1% Health ◂ +0.7 pts 8.4%

8.7% Education +0.2 pts ▸ 8.9%

7.7% Architecture & building +0.8 pts ▸ 8.5%

4.3% Creative arts +1.2 pts ▸ 5.5%

5.0% Food, hospitality & personal services ◂ +0.2 pts 4.8%

2.6% Information technology ◂ +0.6 pts 2.0%

2.2% Natural & physical sciences +0.2 pts ▸ 2.3%

1.1% Agriculture & environment +0.2 pts ▸ 1.3%

Income

Personal income in Caringbah in Woolooware +$99 higher in Woolooware gap widening

$1,032 85th pct $1,131 88th pct

Household income in Caringbah in Woolooware +$338 higher in Woolooware gap widening

$1,890 70th pct $2,228 85th pct

Family income in Caringbah in Woolooware +$381 higher in Woolooware gap widening

$2,536 83rd pct $2,917 90th pct

Household income distribution

29.6% $1,500–$2,999 ◂ +0.3 pts 29.3%

23.8% $650–$1,499 ◂ +2.2 pts 21.5%

12.8% $4,000 or more +9.0 pts ▸ 21.8%

15.6% Under $650 ◂ +5.6 pts 10.0%

13.6% $3,000–$3,999 ◂ +0.4 pts 13.2%

Personal income distribution

32.0% $650–$1,499 ◂ +0.5 pts 31.6%

31.8% Under $650 ◂ +2.0 pts 29.8%

25.2% $1,500–$2,999 ◂ +0.2 pts 25.1%

5.4% $3,000 or more +4.3 pts ▸ 9.7%

Health & Disability

Long-term health conditions reported

7.9% Mental health ◂ +2.1 pts 5.8%

7.8% Arthritis ◂ +0.1 pts 7.7%

7.4% Asthma ◂ +0.3 pts 7.1%

7.2% Other condition ◂ +1.0 pts 6.2%

3.8% Diabetes ◂ +0.7 pts 3.1%

3.6% Heart disease ◂ +0.3 pts 3.3%

2.9% Cancer even 2.9%

1.3% Lung condition ◂ +0.6 pts 0.8%

0.7% Stroke even 0.7%

0.6% Dementia ◂ +0.2 pts 0.4%

Number of long-term health conditions

67.4% None +3.1 pts ▸ 70.5%

17.5% One condition ◂ +0.2 pts 17.3%

5.3% Two conditions ◂ +0.3 pts 5.0%

2.5% Three or more ◂ +0.9 pts 1.6%

Community Participation

First Nations

First Nations people in Caringbah in Woolooware +117 larger in Caringbah

197 86th pct 80 83rd pct

Median age in Caringbah in Woolooware even

25 yrs 46th pct 25 yrs 46th pct

Median income in Caringbah in Woolooware +$321 higher in Woolooware

$875 72nd pct $1,196 87th pct

Household income in Caringbah in Woolooware +$11 higher in Caringbah

$2,316 73rd pct $2,305 73rd pct

Family & Households

Household size in Caringbah in Woolooware +0.1 larger in Woolooware gap narrowing

2.3 29th pct 2.4 43rd pct

Family composition

57.8% Couples with children +2.2 pts ▸ 60.0%

25.9% Couples without children +2.2 pts ▸ 28.2%

15.3% One-parent families ◂ +4.1 pts 11.2%

1.0% Other families ◂ +0.5 pts 0.5%

Household size

33.3% 1 person ◂ +4.0 pts 29.3%

32.1% 2 people +0.9 pts ▸ 33.1%

14.6% 3 people +0.5 pts ▸ 15.1%

13.9% 4 people +0.8 pts ▸ 14.7%

4.5% 5 people +1.7 pts ▸ 6.1%

1.5% 6 or more +0.4 pts ▸ 1.9%

Housing & Dwellings

Rent in Caringbah in Woolooware +$80 higher in Woolooware gap widening

$470 90th pct $550 96th pct

Mortgage in Caringbah in Woolooware +$100 higher in Woolooware gap narrowing

$2,500 88th pct $2,600 88th pct

People / bedroom in Caringbah in Woolooware even gap steady

0.90 86th pct 0.90 86th pct

How homes are owned or rented

33.8% Owned with a mortgage +4.4 pts ▸ 38.2%

38.2% Rented ◂ +11.6 pts 26.5%

26.2% Owned outright +7.0 pts ▸ 33.2%

0.8% Not stated +0.4 pts ▸ 1.2%

1.0% Other tenure ◂ +0.2 pts 0.8%

Types of homes

44.8% Flat or apartment ◂ +6.0 pts 38.7%

27.7% Separate house +16.5 pts ▸ 44.2%

27.3% Townhouse / semi-detached ◂ +10.7 pts 16.6%

0.0% Other dwelling even 0.0%

Bedrooms per home

39.9% 2 bedrooms ◂ +13.3 pts 26.6%

32.3% 3 bedrooms ◂ +2.7 pts 29.7%

12.5% 4 bedrooms +8.5 pts ▸ 21.0%

9.8% 1 bedroom +4.5 pts ▸ 14.3%

3.6% 5 or more +3.9 pts ▸ 7.5%

1.1% Studio / none ◂ +0.6 pts 0.4%

Weekly rent distribution

42.9% $350–$549 ◂ +7.6 pts 35.3%

23.8% $550–$749 +6.6 pts ▸ 30.4%

8.9% $750 or more +11.8 pts ▸ 20.7%

11.5% Under $200 ◂ +11.5 pts 0.0%

11.2% $200–$349 ◂ +0.4 pts 10.8%

Monthly mortgage distribution

35.4% $3,000 or more +2.8 pts ▸ 38.2%

34.8% $1,800–$2,999 ◂ +3.2 pts 31.6%

14.6% $1,000–$1,799 ◂ +1.8 pts 12.8%

9.2% Under $1,000 +1.8 pts ▸ 11.0%

Transport & Vehicles

PT stops in Caringbah in Woolooware +46 more in Caringbah

77 88th pct 31 86th pct

Stops/1k in Caringbah in Woolooware even

6.12 82nd pct 6.13 82nd pct

Departures/1k in Caringbah in Woolooware +564.1 more in Caringbah

1,291.9 88th pct 727.9 83rd pct

PT routes in Caringbah in Woolooware +7 more in Caringbah

15 86th pct 8 86th pct

Stop walk in Caringbah in Woolooware even

3 21st pct 3 21st pct

Drive to city in Caringbah in Woolooware +3 longer in Woolooware

24 21st pct 27 23rd pct

Reach 30 min in Caringbah in Woolooware +16,926 more in Caringbah

46,578 86th pct 29,652 82nd pct

Reach 45 min in Caringbah in Woolooware +16,659 more in Caringbah

98,791 78th pct 82,132 75th pct

Transit to city in Caringbah in Woolooware even

74 80th pct 74 80th pct

How people get to work

41.4% Car (driver) ◂ +0.7 pts 40.6%

32.3% Worked at home +4.2 pts ▸ 36.5%

3.2% Walked ◂ +1.8 pts 1.3%

2.6% Car (passenger) even 2.5%

2.2% Train ◂ +0.5 pts 1.8%

0.4% Bicycle even 0.4%

0.3% Bus even 0.2%

Motor vehicles per home

45.2% 1 vehicle ◂ +4.0 pts 41.2%

34.1% 2 vehicles +3.0 pts ▸ 37.0%

7.6% 3 vehicles +3.7 pts ▸ 11.3%

9.8% No vehicle ◂ +5.2 pts 4.7%

3.1% 4 or more +2.5 pts ▸ 5.7%

Migration & Movement

Jobs & Industry

Industries people work in

13.4% Health care & social assistance ◂ +2.5 pts 10.9%

12.2% Construction ◂ +0.7 pts 11.4%

7.7% Professional & technical +2.8 pts ▸ 10.6%

8.8% Education & training +0.4 pts ▸ 9.2%

8.1% Retail trade +0.1 pts ▸ 8.2%

7.6% Public administration & safety even 7.6%

6.5% Transport & warehousing ◂ +0.5 pts 6.0%

5.4% Finance & insurance +1.0 pts ▸ 6.4%

4.8% Manufacturing +0.5 pts ▸ 5.3%

4.2% Accommodation & food even 4.2%

3.9% Other services +0.1 pts ▸ 4.0%

3.2% Wholesale trade ◂ +0.1 pts 3.1%

Occupations people work in

23.6% Professionals +3.4 pts ▸ 27.0%

15.5% Managers +1.4 pts ▸ 17.0%

15.5% Clerical & administrative ◂ +0.7 pts 14.8%

14.3% Technicians & trades ◂ +1.8 pts 12.5%

11.1% Community & personal service +0.4 pts ▸ 11.5%

8.0% Sales workers +0.3 pts ▸ 8.4%

5.8% Labourers ◂ +0.8 pts 5.0%

4.5% Machinery operators & drivers ◂ +1.6 pts 2.9%

Walkability

Walk score in Caringbah in Woolooware +1.1 higher in Caringbah

8.4 99th pct 7.3 94th pct

Types ≤15 min in Caringbah in Woolooware +0.7 more in Caringbah

7.7 99th pct 7.0 94th pct

15-min city in Caringbah in Woolooware +0.8 pts higher in Woolooware

99.1% 99th pct 99.9% 100th pct

Walk to shops in Caringbah in Woolooware +3.2 pts higher in Caringbah

99.7% 100th pct 96.5% 98th pct

Walk to transit in Caringbah in Woolooware +2.3 pts higher in Woolooware

97.7% 92nd pct 100.0% 100th pct

Walk to school in Caringbah in Woolooware +2.7 pts higher in Woolooware

97.3% 98th pct 100.0% 100th pct

Walk to a park in Caringbah in Woolooware even

100.0% 100th pct 100.0% 99th pct

Walk to health in Caringbah in Woolooware +7.5 pts higher in Woolooware

85.3% 95th pct 92.7% 98th pct

Amenities/1k in Caringbah in Woolooware +4.2 more in Caringbah

16.6 57th pct 12.5 47th pct

Intersections/km² in Caringbah in Woolooware +91 higher in Caringbah

263 93rd pct 173 89th pct

Mean slope in Caringbah in Woolooware +0.9 pts higher in Woolooware

4.6% 37th pct 5.5% 48th pct

Compare Caringbah with nearby areas

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Compare Woolooware with nearby areas

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Caringbah vs Woolooware [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sal/SAL10814/caringbah/vs/SAL14428/woolooware