Church Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,121 people in Church Point of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Church Point was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.1% of the population.

Of people in Church Point aged 15 years and over, 64.0% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Church Point was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Church Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Church Point was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Church Point 27.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.4% were in primary school, 27.3% in secondary school and 18.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Church Point were English 36.1%, Australian 24.0%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 7.2% and German 2.8%.

In Church Point, 66.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.1%, New Zealand 2.3%, South Africa 1.5%, Germany 1.2% and United States of America 1.2%.

In Church Point, 48.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Church Point were Anglican 33.5%, No Religion 22.4%, Catholic 19.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5% and Uniting Church 3.4%.

In Church Point 89.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.1%, German 0.9%, Greek 0.5%, Punjabi 0.5% and Thai 0.4%.

Employment

There were 555 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Church Point. Of these 56.2% were employed full time, 34.1% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Church Point, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Church Point was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Church Point included Professionals 31.3%, Managers 22.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3%, Labourers 2.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Church Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 3.9%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.5%, Medical Services 3.5%, Real Estate Services 3.3% and Management and Related Consulting Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Church Point was $932.

In Church Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.7%, Bus 4.1%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Other 2.0% and Walked only 2.0%. On the day, 10.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Church Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.5% 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 Church Point, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Church Point, 46.3% were couple families with children, 43.4% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

In Church Point 31.2% of single parents were male and 68.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Church Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,457 and those without children was $2,799.

Employment status of couple families

In Church Point, of couple families with children, 12.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 23.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Church Point, 87.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Church Point, 95.5% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Church Point, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 7.3% had 2 bedrooms and 34.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Church Point, 50.3% were owned outright, 37.8% were owned with a mortgage and 10.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Church Point, of all households, 83.8% were family households, 14.4% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Church Point, 10.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 30.7% 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 Church Point, 19.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Church Point, 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 0 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 Church Point, 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 Church Point, 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.