Charles Sturt

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 102,230 people in Charles Sturt of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Charles Sturt was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.4% of the population.

Of people in Charles Sturt aged 15 years and over, 46.5% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Charles Sturt was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Charles Sturt, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Charles Sturt was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Charles Sturt 27.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 18.6% in secondary school and 24.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Charles Sturt were English 22.4%, Australian 21.1%, Italian 10.6%, Irish 5.4% and Scottish 5.1%.

In Charles Sturt, 68.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, Italy 3.7%, India 2.1%, Vietnam 1.9% and Greece 1.9%.

In Charles Sturt, 46.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 41.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Charles Sturt were Catholic 30.1%, No Religion 21.1%, Anglican 9.7%, Eastern Orthodox 8.5% and Uniting Church 6.8%.

In Charles Sturt 68.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 6.1%, Greek 4.6%, Vietnamese 2.5%, Serbian 1.4% and Mandarin 0.9%.

Employment

There were 49,786 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Charles Sturt. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 31.4% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Charles Sturt, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Charles Sturt was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Charles Sturt included Professionals 20.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Managers 11.2%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Labourers 9.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Charles Sturt, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, School Education 4.2%, Hospitals 4.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7% and State Government Administration 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Charles Sturt was $521.

In Charles Sturt, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.1%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Bus 4.8%, Walked only 2.0% and Train 1.8%. On the day, 9.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Charles Sturt, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.6% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.2% 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 Charles Sturt, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Charles Sturt, 41.3% were couple families with children, 39.1% were couple families without children and 17.5% were one parent families.

In Charles Sturt 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Charles Sturt, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,218 and those without children was $2,072.

Employment status of couple families

In Charles Sturt, of couple families with children, 19.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 21.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Charles Sturt, 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Charles Sturt, 72.7% were separate houses, 15.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Charles Sturt, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 27.1% had 2 bedrooms and 51.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Charles Sturt, 35.6% were owned outright, 29.1% were owned with a mortgage and 31.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Charles Sturt, of all households, 65.7% were family households, 30.2% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Charles Sturt, 29.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.6% 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 Charles Sturt, 39.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Charles Sturt, there were 1,320 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 633 (or 48.0%) were male and 687 (or 52.0%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Charles Sturt, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $780.

In Charles Sturt, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.