Chatswood West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,426 people in Chatswood West of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Chatswood West was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.8% of the population.

Of people in Chatswood West aged 15 years and over, 63.5% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Chatswood West was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Chatswood West, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Chatswood West was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Chatswood West 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.3% were in primary school, 24.7% in secondary school and 21.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Chatswood West were English 22.7%, Australian 20.0%, Chinese 9.9%, Irish 8.1% and Scottish 6.5%.

In Chatswood West, 61.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.6%, New Zealand 2.9%, Korea, Republic of (South) 1.6% and Germany 1.2%.

In Chatswood West, 36.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 46.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Chatswood West were No Religion 27.8%, Catholic 25.2%, Anglican 18.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5% and Uniting Church 2.9%.

In Chatswood West 72.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.8%, Cantonese 4.4%, Korean 2.2%, Greek 1.3% and Persian (excluding Dari) 1.2%.

Employment

There were 732 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Chatswood West. Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 32.0% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Chatswood West, 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Chatswood West was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Chatswood West included Professionals 40.6%, Managers 18.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Sales Workers 7.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.8%, Labourers 3.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.4%.

Of the employed people in Chatswood West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Computer System Design and Related Services 5.8%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.4%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.1%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 3.8% and Tertiary Education 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Chatswood West was $838.

In Chatswood West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.9%, Train, bus 8.1%, Train 4.4%, Car, as passenger 2.9% and Walked only 2.1%. On the day, 17.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Chatswood West, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.3% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.4% 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 Chatswood West, 30.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Chatswood West, 53.3% were couple families with children, 36.4% were couple families without children and 8.9% were one parent families.

In Chatswood West 21.9% of single parents were male and 78.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Chatswood West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,265 and those without children was $3,444.

Employment status of couple families

In Chatswood West, of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Chatswood West, 91.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chatswood West, 99.2% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Chatswood West, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 10.0% had 2 bedrooms and 38.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chatswood West, 42.3% were owned outright, 38.3% were owned with a mortgage and 17.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Chatswood West, of all households, 83.5% were family households, 14.9% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Chatswood West, 11.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 32.3% 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 Chatswood West, 33.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Chatswood West, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 50.0%) were male and 5 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Chatswood West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Chatswood West, 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.