Charmhaven

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,244 people were counted in Charmhaven: of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Of the total population 2.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Charmhaven there were 563 children aged 0-14 years and 507 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Charmhaven, 2,038 people were Australian citizens, 276 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Charmhaven, 51.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.8% were separated or divorced, 6.3% were widowed and 28.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Charmhaven, 83.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Charmhaven were England 4.4%, New Zealand 2.2%, Scotland 0.8%, Pakistan 0.6% and Ireland 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Charmhaven on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 36.4%, Catholic 24.8%, No Religion 10.9%, Uniting Church 4.5% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Charmhaven, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Urdu 0.8%, German 0.4%, Cantonese 0.4%, Italian 0.3% and Greek 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 945 people aged 15 years and over in Charmhaven were in the labour force. Of these 54.0% worked full-time, 32.0% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 11.0% were unemployed. 692 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Charmhaven, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.4%, Professionals 5.0%, Associate Professionals 4.9%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.1% and Managers and Administrators 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Charmhaven, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 5.0%, Business Services 3.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.3%, Construction Trade Services 3.1% and Health Services 2.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Charmhaven, 631 families were counted: of these, 35.5% were couple families without children, 43.7% were couple families with children, 19.3% were one parent families and 1.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Charmhaven, 813 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Charmhaven, 98.8% were separate houses, 0.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Charmhaven, 41.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 33.8% were being purchased and 20.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Charmhaven, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 69.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 26.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Charmhaven, 76.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 19.9% were single (or lone) person households and 2.8% were group households.