Chittaway Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 896 people in Chittaway Point of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Chittaway Point was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.9% of the population.

Of people in Chittaway Point aged 15 years and over, 50.4% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Chittaway Point was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Chittaway Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Chittaway Point was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Chittaway Point 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.6% were in primary school, 29.7% in secondary school and 18.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Chittaway Point were Australian 33.8%, English 32.5%, Irish 7.6%, Scottish 7.4% and German 2.5%.

In Chittaway Point, 84.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, New Zealand 2.3%, Germany 1.2%, Scotland 0.8% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.6%.

In Chittaway Point, 69.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Chittaway Point were Anglican 31.8%, Catholic 22.9%, No Religion 19.2%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Chittaway Point 95.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.7%, Dutch 0.4%, Italian 0.4%, Arabic 0.4% and Greek 0.3%.

Employment

There were 483 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Chittaway Point. Of these 55.5% were employed full time, 30.8% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Chittaway Point, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.5% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Chittaway Point included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.8%, Professionals 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Sales Workers 13.5%, Managers 12.4%, Labourers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Chittaway Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Installation Services 4.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Hospitals 3.6%, Residential Building Construction 3.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Chittaway Point was $535.

In Chittaway Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.4%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Train 3.8%, Truck 1.6% and Motorbike/scooter 0.7%. On the day, 5.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Chittaway Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.0% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.8% 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 Point, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Chittaway Point, 47.6% were couple families with children, 38.9% were couple families without children and 13.5% were one parent families.

In Chittaway Point 25.7% of single parents were male and 74.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Chittaway Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,214 and those without children was $1,524.

Employment status of couple families

In Chittaway Point, of couple families with children, 21.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Chittaway Point, 86.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chittaway Point, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Chittaway Point, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 14.9% had 2 bedrooms and 47.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chittaway Point, 32.9% were owned outright, 40.6% were owned with a mortgage and 23.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Chittaway Point, of all households, 79.4% were family households, 18.7% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Chittaway Point, 22.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.6% 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 Chittaway Point, 28.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Chittaway Point, there were 36 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 52.8%) were male and 17 (or 47.2%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,562.

In Chittaway Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $435 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,210.