Chirnside Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,125 people in Chirnside Park of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Chirnside Park was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.

Of people in Chirnside Park aged 15 years and over, 55.5% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Chirnside Park was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Chirnside Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Chirnside Park was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Chirnside Park 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.3% were in primary school, 25.2% in secondary school and 19.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Chirnside Park were English 29.5%, Australian 28.7%, Irish 7.4%, Scottish 7.1% and Italian 5.4%.

In Chirnside Park, 76.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.2%, Italy 2.1%, New Zealand 1.3%, Germany 1.0% and Netherlands 0.9%.

In Chirnside Park, 56.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Chirnside Park were No Religion 25.2%, Catholic 24.9%, Anglican 16.3%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Christian, nfd 3.7%.

In Chirnside Park 87.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.7%, German 0.7%, Polish 0.5%, Mandarin 0.4% and Dutch 0.4%.

Employment

There were 4,855 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Chirnside Park. Of these 58.8% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Chirnside Park, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Chirnside Park was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Chirnside Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.7%, Professionals 16.1%, Managers 12.4%, Sales Workers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Labourers 8.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Chirnside Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.4%, Building Installation Services 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%, Hospitals 3.1% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Chirnside Park was $587.

In Chirnside Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.0%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Train 2.5%, Train, car as driver 1.5% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 6.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Chirnside Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.0% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.5% 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 Chirnside Park, 25.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Chirnside Park, 46.6% were couple families with children, 38.2% were couple families without children and 14.0% were one parent families.

In Chirnside Park 17.8% of single parents were male and 82.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Chirnside Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,251 and those without children was $2,010.

Employment status of couple families

In Chirnside Park, of couple families with children, 18.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 25.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Chirnside Park, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chirnside Park, 98.3% were separate houses, 1.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Chirnside Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.7% had 1 bedroom, 5.0% had 2 bedrooms and 51.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chirnside Park, 41.2% were owned outright, 45.4% were owned with a mortgage and 10.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Chirnside Park, of all households, 81.8% were family households, 16.1% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Chirnside Park, 17.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.7% 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 Chirnside Park, 25.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Chirnside Park, there were 41 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 56.1%) were male and 18 (or 43.9%) 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 Chirnside Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Chirnside Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $306 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,766.