Chambers Flat

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,464 people in Chambers Flat of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Chambers Flat was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.7% of the population.

Of people in Chambers Flat aged 15 years and over, 53.5% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Chambers Flat was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Chambers Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Chambers Flat was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Chambers Flat 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.6% were in primary school, 26.1% in secondary school and 15.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Chambers Flat were Australian 31.9%, English 30.2%, Irish 6.2%, Scottish 6.1% and German 4.5%.

In Chambers Flat, 75.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.0%, New Zealand 4.2%, Laos 1.1%, Taiwan 1.1% and Vietnam 1.0%.

In Chambers Flat, 57.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Chambers Flat were No Religion 22.4%, Catholic 21.8%, Anglican 21.3%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Chambers Flat 86.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hmong 2.3%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Mandarin 1.2%, Mon-Khmer, nec 1.1% and Khmer 0.7%.

Employment

There were 1,285 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Chambers Flat. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Chambers Flat, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Chambers Flat was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Chambers Flat included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.0%, Labourers 12.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.8%, Professionals 11.8%, Managers 11.5%, Sales Workers 9.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Chambers Flat, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.9%, School Education 4.3%, Building Installation Services 2.6%, Residential Building Construction 2.5% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Chambers Flat was $553.

In Chambers Flat, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.5%, Truck 4.9%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Bus 1.4% and Train, car as driver 1.1%. On the day, 3.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Chambers Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.1% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.5% 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 Chambers Flat, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Chambers Flat, 50.9% were couple families with children, 37.7% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

In Chambers Flat 26.0% of single parents were male and 74.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Chambers Flat, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,092 and those without children was $1,856.

Employment status of couple families

In Chambers Flat, of couple families with children, 22.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Chambers Flat, 94.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chambers Flat, 85.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 14.0% were other dwellings.

In Chambers Flat, of occupied private dwellings 7.5% had 1 bedroom, 12.5% had 2 bedrooms and 25.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chambers Flat, 31.8% were owned outright, 44.1% were owned with a mortgage and 21.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Chambers Flat, of all households, 77.7% were family households, 20.4% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Chambers Flat, 20.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.9% 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 Chambers Flat, 28.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Chambers Flat, there were 43 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 22 (or 51.2%) were male and 21 (or 48.8%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Chambers Flat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Chambers Flat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $737.