Chittaway Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,901 people in Chittaway Bay of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Chittaway Bay was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.

Of people in Chittaway Bay aged 15 years and over, 46.4% were married and 14.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Chittaway Bay was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Chittaway Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Chittaway Bay was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Chittaway Bay 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.2% were in primary school, 25.9% in secondary school and 18.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Chittaway Bay were Australian 34.4%, English 31.7%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 6.1% and German 2.3%.

In Chittaway Bay, 85.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.8%, New Zealand 1.7%, India 0.6%, Scotland 0.5% and Germany 0.4%.

In Chittaway Bay, 72.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Chittaway Bay were Anglican 31.9%, Catholic 28.4%, No Religion 17.2%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0% and Uniting Church 2.9%.

In Chittaway Bay 93.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.8%, Italian 0.5%, Cantonese 0.5%, Marathi 0.4% and Croatian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 933 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Chittaway Bay. Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Chittaway Bay, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Chittaway Bay was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Chittaway Bay included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.7%, Labourers 14.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.5%, Professionals 14.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Managers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Chittaway Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Residential Care Services 4.2%, School Education 4.0%, Hospitals 3.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Chittaway Bay was $478.

In Chittaway Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.2%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Train 1.8%, Train, car as driver 1.5% and Motorbike/scooter 1.1%. On the day, 5.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Chittaway Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.7% 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, 13.1% 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 Chittaway Bay, 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Chittaway Bay, 44.8% were couple families with children, 33.4% were couple families without children and 20.7% were one parent families.

In Chittaway Bay 19.1% of single parents were male and 80.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Chittaway Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,008 and those without children was $1,806.

Employment status of couple families

In Chittaway Bay, of couple families with children, 18.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.9% had both employed part-time and 25.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Chittaway Bay, 92.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chittaway Bay, 97.3% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Chittaway Bay, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 10.2% had 2 bedrooms and 54.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chittaway Bay, 34.5% were owned outright, 38.5% were owned with a mortgage and 24.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Chittaway Bay, of all households, 77.0% were family households, 20.7% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Chittaway Bay, 27.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Chittaway Bay, 34.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Chittaway Bay, there were 79 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 33 (or 41.8%) were male and 46 (or 58.2%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Chittaway Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Chittaway Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $290 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,817.