St Ives Chase

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,087 people in St Ives Chase of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in St Ives Chase was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.8% of the population.

Of people in St Ives Chase aged 15 years and over, 66.1% were married and 5.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in St Ives Chase was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In St Ives Chase, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in St Ives Chase was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In St Ives Chase 34.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.3% were in primary school, 29.0% in secondary school and 22.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in St Ives Chase were English 26.2%, Australian 19.2%, Scottish 7.1%, South African 6.9% and Irish 5.7%.

In St Ives Chase, 54.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were South Africa 12.0%, England 8.3%, New Zealand 2.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.5% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.3%.

In St Ives Chase, 33.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 51.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in St Ives Chase were Anglican 21.9%, No Religion 20.3%, Catholic 19.9%, Judaism 9.9% and Uniting Church 6.1%.

In St Ives Chase 79.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 3.0%, Mandarin 1.7%, Afrikaans 1.3%, Italian 1.2% and Spanish 0.9%.

Employment

There were 1,505 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in St Ives Chase. Of these 58.5% were employed full time, 34.0% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in St Ives Chase, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in St Ives Chase was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in St Ives Chase included Professionals 34.5%, Managers 24.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.1%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.2%, Labourers 3.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.6%.

Of the employed people in St Ives Chase, the most common responses for industry of employment included Computer System Design and Related Services 5.0%, School Education 4.8%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.0%, Management and Related Consulting Services 2.8% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in St Ives Chase was $763.

In St Ives Chase, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.4%, Train 4.8%, Train, car as driver 4.4%, Car, as passenger 3.9% and Bus 3.2%. 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 60.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In St Ives Chase, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.0% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.0% 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 St Ives Chase, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in St Ives Chase, 58.0% were couple families with children, 34.0% were couple families without children and 8.0% were one parent families.

In St Ives Chase 22.5% of single parents were male and 77.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In St Ives Chase, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,186 and those without children was $2,750.

Employment status of couple families

In St Ives Chase, of couple families with children, 19.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 24.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In St Ives Chase, 95.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Ives Chase, 98.1% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In St Ives Chase, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 1.4% had 2 bedrooms and 25.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Ives Chase, 48.7% were owned outright, 42.0% were owned with a mortgage and 7.2% were rented.

Household composition

In St Ives Chase, of all households, 90.4% were family households, 9.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In St Ives Chase, 9.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 33.3% 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 St Ives Chase, 20.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In St Ives Chase, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 62.5%) were male and 3 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 32 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 St Ives Chase, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In St Ives Chase, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.