Lower Chittering Valley (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 525 people in Lower Chittering Valley (L) of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Lower Chittering Valley (L) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.8% of the population.

Of people in Lower Chittering Valley (L) aged 15 years and over, 69.2% were married and 7.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lower Chittering Valley (L) was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Lower Chittering Valley (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lower Chittering Valley (L) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Lower Chittering Valley (L) 31.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.7% were in primary school, 32.3% in secondary school and 12.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lower Chittering Valley (L) were English 41.9%, Australian 27.4%, Scottish 8.3%, Irish 5.7% and Italian 3.3%.

In Lower Chittering Valley (L), 63.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 19.5%, Scotland 3.1%, New Zealand 2.1%, India 1.1% and Singapore 1.1%.

In Lower Chittering Valley (L), 41.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lower Chittering Valley (L) were Anglican 30.3%, No Religion 27.2%, Catholic 16.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.2% and Uniting Church 3.4%.

In Lower Chittering Valley (L) 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.6%, Portuguese 0.6%, Italian 0.6%, Polish 0.6% and Malay 0.6%.

Employment

There were 268 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lower Chittering Valley (L). Of these 57.8% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 1.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lower Chittering Valley (L), 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lower Chittering Valley (L) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Lower Chittering Valley (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 24.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.2%, Professionals 12.3%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Managers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Labourers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Lower Chittering Valley (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Hospitals 4.2%, School Education 3.4%, Building Structure Services 3.1% and Building Completion Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lower Chittering Valley (L) was $634.

In Lower Chittering Valley (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.0%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Train, car as driver 2.3%, Car as driver, bicycle 1.5% and Bus 1.1%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lower Chittering Valley (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 77.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.1% provided care for children and 8.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Lower Chittering Valley (L), 28.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lower Chittering Valley (L), 51.9% were couple families with children, 39.7% were couple families without children and 8.3% were one parent families.

In Lower Chittering Valley (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lower Chittering Valley (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,381 and those without children was $1,916.

Employment status of couple families

In Lower Chittering Valley (L), of couple families with children, 13.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 26.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lower Chittering Valley (L), 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Chittering Valley (L), 98.1% were separate houses, 1.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lower Chittering Valley (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 1.9% had 2 bedrooms and 8.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Chittering Valley (L), 23.1% were owned outright, 71.2% were owned with a mortgage and 3.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Lower Chittering Valley (L), of all households, 93.7% were family households, 4.4% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Lower Chittering Valley (L), 13.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.8% 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 Lower Chittering Valley (L), 12.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lower Chittering Valley (L), 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 Lower Chittering Valley (L), 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 Lower Chittering Valley (L), 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.