Chester Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,752 people in Chester Hill of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Chester Hill was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.4% of the population.

Of people in Chester Hill aged 15 years and over, 47.6% were married and 13.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Chester Hill was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Chester Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Chester Hill was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Chester Hill 31.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.4% were in primary school, 24.0% in secondary school and 20.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Chester Hill were Australian 15.6%, Lebanese 13.7%, English 12.6%, Chinese 9.4% and Vietnamese 9.1%.

In Chester Hill, 54.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 10.1%, Lebanon 6.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.0%, New Zealand 1.6% and England 1.2%.

In Chester Hill, 23.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 65.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Chester Hill were Catholic 25.7%, Islam 20.9%, Buddhism 12.4%, Anglican 10.2% and No Religion 9.0%.

In Chester Hill 39.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 20.0%, Vietnamese 11.9%, Cantonese 5.5%, Mandarin 2.6% and Greek 1.4%.

Employment

There were 4,650 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Chester Hill. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 25.1% were employed part-time and 9.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Chester Hill, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Chester Hill was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Chester Hill included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Professionals 14.3%, Labourers 11.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.5%, Sales Workers 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3% and Managers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Chester Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 3.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.3%, Hospitals 2.4% and Residential Building Construction 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Chester Hill was $383.

In Chester Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.8%, Train 9.5%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Walked only 2.0% and Bus 1.9%. On the day, 16.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Chester Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.0% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.6% 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 Chester Hill, 18.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Chester Hill, 51.1% were couple families with children, 24.2% were couple families without children and 22.6% were one parent families.

In Chester Hill 15.8% of single parents were male and 84.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Chester Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,107 and those without children was $1,901.

Employment status of couple families

In Chester Hill, of couple families with children, 17.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 13.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Chester Hill, 95.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chester Hill, 78.2% were separate houses, 13.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Chester Hill, of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 21.1% had 2 bedrooms and 47.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chester Hill, 31.1% were owned outright, 30.2% were owned with a mortgage and 34.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Chester Hill, of all households, 75.2% were family households, 22.5% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Chester Hill, 32.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Chester Hill, 36.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Chester Hill, there were 125 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 45 (or 36.0%) were male and 80 (or 64.0%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Chester Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,202.

In Chester Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,042.