Chandlers Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 712 people in Chandlers Hill of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Chandlers Hill was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.1% of the population.

Of people in Chandlers Hill aged 15 years and over, 64.4% were married and 6.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Chandlers Hill was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Chandlers Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Chandlers Hill was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 53 years.

In Chandlers Hill 33.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.5% were in primary school, 26.7% in secondary school and 26.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Chandlers Hill were English 37.5%, Australian 29.1%, Scottish 6.4%, Irish 5.9% and German 4.9%.

In Chandlers Hill, 79.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.3%, Wales 1.1%, Germany 0.7%, South Africa 0.6% and Cyprus 0.4%.

In Chandlers Hill, 59.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Chandlers Hill were No Religion 36.1%, Anglican 19.6%, Uniting Church 12.5%, Catholic 12.4% and Lutheran 3.7%.

In Chandlers Hill 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.4%, Spanish 0.6%, Hungarian 0.6%, Urdu 0.6% and Italian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 431 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Chandlers Hill. Of these 56.8% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Chandlers Hill, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Chandlers Hill included Professionals 20.2%, Managers 17.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Sales Workers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Labourers 5.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Chandlers Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, Hospitals 4.8%, Residential Building Construction 3.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Chandlers Hill was $703.

In Chandlers Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.5%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Truck 2.9%, Bus 1.9% and Car as driver, car as passenger, truck 1.2%. On the day, 2.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Chandlers Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 84.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.7% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.9% 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 Chandlers Hill, 31.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Chandlers Hill, 58.3% were couple families with children, 32.9% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

In Chandlers Hill 35.3% of single parents were male and 64.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Chandlers Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,369 and those without children was $2,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Chandlers Hill, of couple families with children, 23.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.1% had both employed part-time and 28.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Chandlers Hill, 93.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chandlers Hill, 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 Chandlers Hill, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.5% had 2 bedrooms and 30.5% 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 Chandlers Hill, 35.6% were owned outright, 59.7% were owned with a mortgage and 4.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Chandlers Hill, of all households, 89.0% were family households, 9.7% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Chandlers Hill, 12.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.1% 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 Chandlers Hill, 9.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Chandlers Hill, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 44.4%) were male and 5 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Chandlers Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,250.

In Chandlers Hill, 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.