The Channon

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 480 people in The Channon of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in The Channon was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.2% of the population.

Of people in The Channon aged 15 years and over, 42.1% were married and 19.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in The Channon was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In The Channon, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in The Channon was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In The Channon 30.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.4% were in primary school, 23.6% in secondary school and 23.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in The Channon were English 30.3%, Australian 28.4%, Irish 12.5%, Scottish 9.5% and German 5.3%.

In The Channon, 83.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, Germany 2.5%, New Zealand 1.9%, France 0.8% and Japan 0.8%.

In The Channon, 66.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in The Channon were No Religion 46.7%, Catholic 12.8%, Anglican 11.3%, Buddhism 7.3% and Uniting Church 4.6%.

In The Channon 90.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 2.1%, French 1.5%, Spanish 1.0%, Dutch 0.6% and Finnish 0.6%.

Employment

There were 249 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in The Channon. Of these 45.0% were employed full time, 42.2% were employed part-time and 8.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in The Channon, 14.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 18.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in The Channon was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in The Channon included Professionals 25.3%, Managers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Labourers 8.3%, Sales Workers 7.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in The Channon, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 8.4%, Other Social Assistance Services 7.0%, School Education 4.8%, Building Installation Services 4.0% and Tertiary Education 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in The Channon was $463.

In The Channon, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 63.6%, Car, as passenger 2.6%, Truck 1.8% and Walked only 1.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In The Channon, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.3% provided care for children and 18.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.4% 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 The Channon, 33.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in The Channon, 38.1% were couple families with children, 40.3% were couple families without children and 21.6% were one parent families.

In The Channon 10.7% of single parents were male and 89.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In The Channon, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,678 and those without children was $1,452.

Employment status of couple families

In The Channon, of couple families with children, 20.2% had both partners employed full-time, 17.2% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In The Channon, 85.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Channon, 96.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.3% were other dwellings.

In The Channon, of occupied private dwellings 10.6% had 1 bedroom, 15.6% had 2 bedrooms and 44.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Channon, 46.4% were owned outright, 34.6% were owned with a mortgage and 16.8% were rented.

Household composition

In The Channon, of all households, 72.1% were family households, 23.5% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In The Channon, 34.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.5% 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 The Channon, 36.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In The Channon, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 45.5%) were male and 6 (or 54.5%) were female. The median age was 50 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 The Channon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $933.

In The Channon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,625.