Chatswood

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 21,194 people in Chatswood of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Chatswood was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Chatswood aged 15 years and over, 51.9% were married and 7.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Chatswood was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Chatswood, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Chatswood was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Chatswood 32.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.2% were in primary school, 17.5% in secondary school and 33.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Chatswood were Chinese 26.3%, English 14.7%, Australian 12.3%, Korean 7.2% and Irish 5.0%.

In Chatswood, 37.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 13.6%, Korea, Republic of (South) 7.7%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 5.4%, England 2.8% and Taiwan 2.5%.

In Chatswood, 20.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 70.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Chatswood were No Religion 31.2%, Catholic 20.5%, Anglican 10.4%, Buddhism 7.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Chatswood 40.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 14.0%, Cantonese 12.8%, Korean 8.3%, Japanese 2.8% and Indonesian 1.3%.

Employment

There were 10,710 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Chatswood. Of these 62.8% were employed full time, 26.1% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Chatswood, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Chatswood was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Chatswood included Professionals 38.0%, Managers 16.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.2%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.6%, Labourers 4.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in Chatswood, the most common responses for industry of employment included Computer System Design and Related Services 6.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.2%, Depository Financial Intermediation 4.0% and Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Chatswood was $674.

In Chatswood, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 34.5%, Train 23.9%, Walked only 12.3%, Bus 6.1% and Car, as passenger 3.4%. On the day, 34.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 38.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Chatswood, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.5% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% 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 Chatswood, 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Chatswood, 45.9% were couple families with children, 36.5% were couple families without children and 14.0% were one parent families.

In Chatswood 13.0% of single parents were male and 87.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Chatswood, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,029 and those without children was $2,571.

Employment status of couple families

In Chatswood, of couple families with children, 23.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 16.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Chatswood, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chatswood, 34.9% were separate houses, 5.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 59.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Chatswood, of occupied private dwellings 13.4% had 1 bedroom, 39.0% had 2 bedrooms and 27.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chatswood, 30.9% were owned outright, 24.5% were owned with a mortgage and 41.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Chatswood, of all households, 69.7% were family households, 23.9% were single person households and 6.4% were group households.

In Chatswood, 19.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.7% 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 Chatswood, 48.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Chatswood, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 66.7%) were male and 10 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 54 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 Chatswood, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $959.

In Chatswood, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.