Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 30,625 people in Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.9% of the population.

Of people in Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal aged 15 years and over, 50.3% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal 24.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 24.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal were English 29.2%, Australian 25.1%, Irish 6.7%, Scottish 6.6% and Italian 6.1%.

In Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, 74.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.6%, Italy 1.6%, Scotland 1.0%, Greece 0.9% and India 0.9%.

In Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, 56.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal were Catholic 26.7%, No Religion 23.9%, Anglican 14.7%, Uniting Church 9.4% and Eastern Orthodox 4.9%.

In Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal 83.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.7%, Greek 2.5%, Polish 0.6%, German 0.6% and Croatian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 15,821 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal. Of these 57.7% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal included Professionals 23.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.3%, Managers 14.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.2%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Labourers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.4%, Hospitals 3.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, State Government Administration 2.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal was $610.

In Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.5%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Bus 4.4%, Train 1.7% and Walked only 1.4%. On the day, 7.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.1% 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, 19.3% 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 Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, 39.4% were couple families with children, 45.5% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

In Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal 21.1% of single parents were male and 78.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,538 and those without children was $2,235.

Employment status of couple families

In Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, 89.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, 64.2% were separate houses, 19.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 27.2% had 2 bedrooms and 47.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, 40.0% were owned outright, 27.8% were owned with a mortgage and 27.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, of all households, 66.5% were family households, 30.3% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, 25.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.7% 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 Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, 38.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, there were 206 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 87 (or 42.2%) were male and 119 (or 57.8%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $953.

In Charles Sturt (C) - Coastal, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,650.