Chelsea Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,186 people in Chelsea Heights of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Chelsea Heights was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.1% of the population.

Of people in Chelsea Heights aged 15 years and over, 51.3% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Chelsea Heights was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Chelsea Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Chelsea Heights was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Chelsea Heights 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.1% were in primary school, 23.9% in secondary school and 19.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Chelsea Heights were Australian 27.2%, English 23.8%, Irish 6.7%, Scottish 6.1% and Italian 3.7%.

In Chelsea Heights, 70.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, India 2.4%, New Zealand 2.3%, Philippines 1.6% and Sri Lanka 1.3%.

In Chelsea Heights, 47.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Chelsea Heights were Catholic 30.3%, No Religion 25.0%, Anglican 13.9%, Eastern Orthodox 3.8% and Uniting Church 3.5%.

In Chelsea Heights 79.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.8%, Italian 1.3%, Spanish 1.3%, Mandarin 1.0% and Turkish 0.8%.

Employment

There were 2,796 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Chelsea Heights. Of these 62.2% were employed full time, 27.4% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Chelsea Heights, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Chelsea Heights was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Chelsea Heights included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.0%, Professionals 15.3%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Managers 9.9%, Labourers 9.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Chelsea Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 3.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Hospitals 3.2% and Building Installation Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Chelsea Heights was $606.

In Chelsea Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.8%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Train 3.7%, Walked only 1.4% and Train, car as driver 1.3%. On the day, 9.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Chelsea Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.0% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.2% 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 Chelsea Heights, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Chelsea Heights, 51.6% were couple families with children, 30.0% were couple families without children and 17.2% were one parent families.

In Chelsea Heights 18.0% of single parents were male and 82.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Chelsea Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,029 and those without children was $2,152.

Employment status of couple families

In Chelsea Heights, of couple families with children, 24.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 24.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Chelsea Heights, 95.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chelsea Heights, 85.4% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.1% were flats, units or apartments and 6.8% were other dwellings.

In Chelsea Heights, of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 9.6% had 2 bedrooms and 56.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chelsea Heights, 29.6% were owned outright, 49.2% were owned with a mortgage and 19.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Chelsea Heights, of all households, 76.7% were family households, 21.0% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Chelsea Heights, 18.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.8% 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 Chelsea Heights, 30.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Chelsea Heights, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 52.2%) were male and 11 (or 47.8%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Chelsea Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $841.

In Chelsea Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,975.