Chipping Norton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,837 people in Chipping Norton of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Chipping Norton was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.5% of the population.

Of people in Chipping Norton aged 15 years and over, 54.8% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Chipping Norton was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Chipping Norton, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Chipping Norton was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Chipping Norton 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.8% were in primary school, 22.7% in secondary school and 22.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Chipping Norton were Australian 20.6%, English 16.1%, Italian 7.1%, Greek 5.5% and Lebanese 4.7%.

In Chipping Norton, 65.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 3.8%, Italy 2.3%, Lebanon 2.2%, England 1.7% and New Zealand 1.5%.

In Chipping Norton, 38.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 50.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Chipping Norton were Catholic 37.2%, Anglican 15.9%, Eastern Orthodox 10.3%, No Religion 9.4% and Islam 5.4%.

In Chipping Norton 57.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 7.1%, Vietnamese 5.9%, Greek 5.5%, Italian 3.3% and Cantonese 2.1%.

Employment

There were 4,702 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Chipping Norton. Of these 64.5% were employed full time, 25.8% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Chipping Norton, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Chipping Norton was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Chipping Norton included Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.0%, Professionals 18.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Managers 12.6%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4% and Labourers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Chipping Norton, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Road Freight Transport 3.2%, Hospitals 2.8% and Building Installation Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Chipping Norton was $651.

In Chipping Norton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.5%, Train 5.2%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Train, car as driver 2.1% and Truck 1.7%. On the day, 10.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Chipping Norton, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.0% 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 Chipping Norton, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Chipping Norton, 52.9% were couple families with children, 30.7% were couple families without children and 15.2% were one parent families.

In Chipping Norton 19.1% of single parents were male and 80.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Chipping Norton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,432 and those without children was $2,185.

Employment status of couple families

In Chipping Norton, of couple families with children, 25.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 21.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Chipping Norton, 96.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chipping Norton, 83.3% were separate houses, 6.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Chipping Norton, of occupied private dwellings 0.7% had 1 bedroom, 9.4% had 2 bedrooms and 34.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chipping Norton, 40.5% were owned outright, 40.7% were owned with a mortgage and 16.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Chipping Norton, of all households, 83.7% were family households, 14.3% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Chipping Norton, 15.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.6% 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 Chipping Norton, 26.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Chipping Norton, there were 73 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 51 (or 69.9%) were male and 22 (or 30.1%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Chipping Norton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,202.

In Chipping Norton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $380 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,500.