Lower Chittering

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,558 people in Lower Chittering of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Lower Chittering was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.3% of the population.

Of people in Lower Chittering aged 15 years and over, 67.3% were married and 8.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lower Chittering was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Lower Chittering, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lower Chittering was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Lower Chittering 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.4% were in primary school, 28.7% in secondary school and 11.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lower Chittering were English 39.2%, Australian 27.4%, Scottish 6.6%, Irish 5.3% and Italian 2.6%.

In Lower Chittering, 65.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 16.9%, New Zealand 2.0%, South Africa 1.7%, Scotland 1.5% and Netherlands 1.2%.

In Lower Chittering, 43.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lower Chittering were Anglican 28.9%, No Religion 27.1%, Catholic 18.2%, Christian, nfd 4.4% and Uniting Church 3.7%.

In Lower Chittering 91.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 1.2%, French 0.8%, Italian 0.4%, Mandarin 0.4% and Greek 0.3%.

Employment

There were 791 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lower Chittering. Of these 62.1% were employed full time, 29.8% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lower Chittering, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lower Chittering was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Lower Chittering included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.3%, Professionals 12.4%, Managers 11.1%, Labourers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6% and Sales Workers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Lower Chittering, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.0%, Metal Ore Mining 3.9%, Hospitals 3.7%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.5% and Road Freight Transport 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lower Chittering was $683.

In Lower Chittering, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.3%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Walked only 1.7%, Bus 1.3% and Train, car as driver 1.2%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lower Chittering, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.2% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.6% 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 Lower Chittering, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lower Chittering, 53.1% were couple families with children, 39.7% were couple families without children and 7.1% were one parent families.

In Lower Chittering 10.0% of single parents were male and 90.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lower Chittering, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,326 and those without children was $2,015.

Employment status of couple families

In Lower Chittering, of couple families with children, 21.2% had both partners employed full-time, 1.9% had both employed part-time and 25.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lower Chittering, 85.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Chittering, 97.2% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

In Lower Chittering, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 4.1% had 2 bedrooms and 16.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Chittering, 28.3% were owned outright, 63.0% were owned with a mortgage and 7.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Lower Chittering, of all households, 90.7% were family households, 7.7% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Lower Chittering, 13.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.1% 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 Lower Chittering, 11.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lower Chittering, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 69 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 Lower Chittering, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Lower Chittering, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.