Cheshunt

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 256 people in Cheshunt of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Cheshunt was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.4% of the population.

Of people in Cheshunt aged 15 years and over, 54.6% were married and 16.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cheshunt was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Cheshunt, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cheshunt was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Cheshunt 23.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.1% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 9.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cheshunt were Australian 24.9%, English 22.1%, Italian 15.4%, Irish 8.1% and Scottish 7.8%.

In Cheshunt, 77.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 6.9%, Netherlands 2.3%, Austria 1.2%, Chile 1.2% and England 1.2%.

In Cheshunt, 56.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cheshunt were Catholic 34.1%, No Religion 32.9%, Anglican 12.8%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%.

In Cheshunt 80.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 13.7%, German 2.0%, Greek 2.0% and Cantonese 2.0%.

Employment

There were 118 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cheshunt. Of these 53.4% were employed full time, 32.2% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cheshunt, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cheshunt was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Cheshunt were Managers 37.2%, Professionals 17.7%, Labourers 14.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.3% and Sales Workers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Cheshunt, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.4%, Beverage Manufacturing 10.4%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 9.6%, Specialised Food Retailing 4.3% and Hospitals 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cheshunt was $379.

In Cheshunt, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.2%, Walked only 12.3%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Bicycle 2.6% and Other 2.6%. On the day, 2.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cheshunt, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.6% provided care for children and 16.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.6% 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 Cheshunt, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cheshunt, 46.5% were couple families with children, 53.5% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Cheshunt 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cheshunt, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $574.

Employment status of couple families

In Cheshunt, of couple families with children, 17.9% had both partners employed full-time, 7.5% had both employed part-time and 19.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cheshunt, 58.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 41.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cheshunt, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Cheshunt, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 21.0% had 2 bedrooms and 46.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cheshunt, 52.9% were owned outright, 19.2% were owned with a mortgage and 22.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Cheshunt, of all households, 66.7% were family households, 33.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Cheshunt, 42.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 Cheshunt, 27.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cheshunt, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Cheshunt, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Cheshunt, 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.