Chevallum

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 438 people in Chevallum of these 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Chevallum was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.2% of the population.

Of people in Chevallum aged 15 years and over, 56.0% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Chevallum was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Chevallum, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Chevallum was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Chevallum 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.6% were in primary school, 30.1% in secondary school and 15.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Chevallum were Australian 33.1%, English 30.0%, Scottish 6.8%, Irish 6.0% and German 5.3%.

In Chevallum, 77.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 3.6%, Japan 3.2%, South Africa 1.1% and Fiji 0.7%.

In Chevallum, 65.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Chevallum were No Religion 26.4%, Anglican 22.8%, Catholic 13.2%, Pentecostal 6.2% and Christian, nfd 4.8%.

In Chevallum 90.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 3.2%, German 0.7%, Afrikaans 0.7%, Italian 0.7% and Hindi 0.7%.

Employment

There were 235 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Chevallum. Of these 54.0% were employed full time, 37.0% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Chevallum, 19.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Chevallum was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Chevallum included Labourers 17.8%, Managers 17.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Professionals 12.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Sales Workers 8.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Chevallum, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 11.3%, Specialised Food Retailing 4.1%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.6%, Road Freight Transport 3.6% and School Education 3.6%.

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

In Chevallum, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.9%, Walked only 10.0%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Truck 3.6% and Bus 1.8%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Chevallum, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.3% provided care for children and 6.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.1% 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 Chevallum, 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Chevallum, 43.1% were couple families with children, 39.0% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Chevallum 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Chevallum, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $1,218.

Employment status of couple families

In Chevallum, of couple families with children, 18.6% had both partners employed full-time, 8.8% had both employed part-time and 24.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Chevallum, 93.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chevallum, 95.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.5% were other dwellings.

In Chevallum, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 9.1% had 2 bedrooms and 38.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4.1. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chevallum, 32.6% were owned outright, 47.7% were owned with a mortgage and 14.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Chevallum, of all households, 93.1% were family households, 6.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Chevallum, 15.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.3% 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 Chevallum, 24.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

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