Chapel Hill (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,168 people in Chapel Hill (Qld) of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Chapel Hill (Qld) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.1% of the population.

Of people in Chapel Hill (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 59.3% were married and 6.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Chapel Hill (Qld) was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Chapel Hill (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Chapel Hill (Qld) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Chapel Hill (Qld) 32.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.2% were in primary school, 21.5% in secondary school and 33.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Chapel Hill (Qld) were English 27.5%, Australian 23.9%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 8.5% and Chinese 4.3%.

In Chapel Hill (Qld), 65.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.5%, South Africa 3.4%, New Zealand 2.7%, Malaysia 1.3% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.2%.

In Chapel Hill (Qld), 48.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Chapel Hill (Qld) were No Religion 26.7%, Catholic 22.7%, Anglican 17.9%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Chapel Hill (Qld) 82.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.5%, Cantonese 1.5%, Spanish 1.0%, French 0.7% and Afrikaans 0.6%.

Employment

There were 5,709 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Chapel Hill (Qld). Of these 57.9% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Chapel Hill (Qld), 14.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Chapel Hill (Qld) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Chapel Hill (Qld) included Professionals 41.9%, Managers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Sales Workers 8.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.4%, Labourers 3.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.5%.

Of the employed people in Chapel Hill (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 7.1%, School Education 6.8%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.8%, Hospitals 4.5% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Chapel Hill (Qld) was $785.

In Chapel Hill (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.0%, Bus 8.2%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Bicycle 2.6% and Train 1.8%. On the day, 14.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Chapel Hill (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 81.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.0% 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 Chapel Hill (Qld), 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Chapel Hill (Qld), 53.2% were couple families with children, 36.0% were couple families without children and 9.3% were one parent families.

In Chapel Hill (Qld) 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Chapel Hill (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,226 and those without children was $2,773.

Employment status of couple families

In Chapel Hill (Qld), of couple families with children, 22.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 24.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Chapel Hill (Qld), 94.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chapel Hill (Qld), 97.3% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Chapel Hill (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 2.9% had 2 bedrooms and 32.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chapel Hill (Qld), 42.1% were owned outright, 40.6% were owned with a mortgage and 16.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Chapel Hill (Qld), of all households, 83.7% were family households, 12.6% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Chapel Hill (Qld), 9.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 30.4% 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 Chapel Hill (Qld), 29.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Chapel Hill (Qld), there were 31 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 21 (or 67.7%) were male and 10 (or 32.3%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Chapel Hill (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,666.

In Chapel Hill (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,154.