Chances Plain

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 311 people in Chances Plain of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Chances Plain was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.6% of the population.

Of people in Chances Plain aged 15 years and over, 68.6% were married and 6.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Chances Plain was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Chances Plain, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Chances Plain was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Chances Plain 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.9% were in primary school, 27.1% in secondary school and 9.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Chances Plain were Australian 35.4%, English 28.2%, German 10.4%, Irish 10.2% and Scottish 4.1%.

In Chances Plain, 93.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 2.3%, Papua New Guinea 1.3% and United States of America 1.0%.

In Chances Plain, 89.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Chances Plain were Anglican 26.3%, Catholic 25.0%, No Religion 9.9%, Lutheran 7.4% and Uniting Church 7.1%.

In Chances Plain 97.1% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 170 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Chances Plain. Of these 67.1% were employed full time, 28.2% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Chances Plain, 13.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 65.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Chances Plain was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Chances Plain included Managers 44.0%, Labourers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Professionals 9.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8% and Sales Workers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Chances Plain, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 37.3%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 5.9%, School Education 5.9%, Residential Building Construction 2.4% and Residential Care Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Chances Plain was $570.

In Chances Plain, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 45.2%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Walked only 2.4% and Truck 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 46.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Chances Plain, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.7% provided care for children and 14.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 38.0% 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 Chances Plain, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Chances Plain, 51.1% were couple families with children, 45.5% were couple families without children and 3.4% were one parent families.

In Chances Plain 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Chances Plain, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $1,149.

Employment status of couple families

In Chances Plain, of couple families with children, 28.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Chances Plain, 87.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chances Plain, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Chances Plain, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.5% had 2 bedrooms and 43.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chances Plain, 46.7% were owned outright, 25.2% were owned with a mortgage and 25.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Chances Plain, of all households, 85.2% were family households, 12.0% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Chances Plain, 18.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Chances Plain, 12.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 43.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Chances Plain, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 6 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Chances Plain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Chances Plain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,500.