Chippendale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,057 people in Chippendale of these 54.1% were male and 45.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Chippendale was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 4.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.7% of the population.

Of people in Chippendale aged 15 years and over, 18.5% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Chippendale was 35 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Chippendale, of people aged 15 years and over, 16.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Chippendale was 34 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Chippendale 42.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 2.7% were in primary school, 1.4% in secondary school and 59.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Chippendale were English 16.8%, Chinese 15.3%, Australian 12.6%, Irish 7.7% and Scottish 5.3%.

In Chippendale, 38.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 10.6%, England 3.8%, New Zealand 3.3%, Indonesia 2.6% and India 2.5%.

In Chippendale, 27.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 62.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Chippendale were No Religion 40.7%, Catholic 14.4%, Buddhism 7.7%, Anglican 6.1% and Hinduism 2.7%.

In Chippendale 50.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 10.5%, Cantonese 3.0%, Indonesian 2.2%, Thai 2.2% and Vietnamese 2.1%.

Employment

There were 2,559 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Chippendale. Of these 63.0% were employed full time, 24.8% were employed part-time and 8.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Chippendale, 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Chippendale was 31 years and for people who were employed part-time was 27 years.

The most common occupations in Chippendale included Professionals 40.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Managers 12.6%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.7%, Labourers 4.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.2%.

Of the employed people in Chippendale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.6%, Tertiary Education 6.0%, Computer System Design and Related Services 4.2%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.8% and Depository Financial Intermediation 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Chippendale was $730.

In Chippendale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 24.3%, Bus 22.6%, Car, as driver 16.8%, Train 13.0% and Train, bus 3.1%. On the day, 40.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 18.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Chippendale, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 7.2% provided care for children and 4.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.8% 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 Chippendale, 24.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Chippendale, 13.7% were couple families with children, 70.2% were couple families without children and 8.1% were one parent families.

In Chippendale 23.2% of single parents were male and 76.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Chippendale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,078 and those without children was $2,370.

Employment status of couple families

In Chippendale, of couple families with children, 36.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 17.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Chippendale, 90.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chippendale, 2.5% were separate houses, 19.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 77.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Chippendale, of occupied private dwellings 35.3% had 1 bedroom, 35.9% had 2 bedrooms and 13.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.8. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chippendale, 8.6% were owned outright, 20.5% were owned with a mortgage and 68.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Chippendale, of all households, 40.0% were family households, 39.3% were single person households and 20.7% were group households.

In Chippendale, 24.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.3% 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 Chippendale, 39.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 6.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 1.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Chippendale, there were 40 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 60.0%) were male and 16 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 39 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 Chippendale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Chippendale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $460 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,563.