Chum Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 932 people in Chum Creek of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Chum Creek was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

Of people in Chum Creek aged 15 years and over, 52.7% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Chum Creek was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Chum Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Chum Creek was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Chum Creek 29.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.6% were in primary school, 19.5% in secondary school and 20.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Chum Creek were English 31.3%, Australian 30.4%, Irish 7.6%, Scottish 6.3% and German 4.0%.

In Chum Creek, 80.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.9%, Italy 0.9%, Netherlands 0.9%, Germany 0.8% and United States of America 0.6%.

In Chum Creek, 60.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Chum Creek were No Religion 35.7%, Catholic 17.0%, Anglican 15.2%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Chum Creek 90.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.0%, Polish 0.8%, Spanish 0.6%, Hungarian 0.6% and Dutch 0.3%.

Employment

There were 476 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Chum Creek. Of these 56.7% were employed full time, 31.3% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Chum Creek, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Chum Creek was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Chum Creek included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.0%, Professionals 16.3%, Managers 12.4%, Labourers 11.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Sales Workers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.0%.

Of the employed people in Chum Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 4.6%, School Education 4.4%, Residential Building Construction 3.9%, Building Completion Services 3.7% and Building Installation Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Chum Creek was $528.

In Chum Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.4%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Truck 3.3%, Train, car as driver 1.1% and Walked only 1.1%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Chum Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.9% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.4% 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 Chum Creek, 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Chum Creek, 51.9% were couple families with children, 36.5% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

In Chum Creek 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Chum Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,931 and those without children was $1,922.

Employment status of couple families

In Chum Creek, of couple families with children, 17.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 22.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Chum Creek, 91.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chum Creek, 99.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Chum Creek, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 11.2% had 2 bedrooms and 45.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chum Creek, 41.7% were owned outright, 45.2% were owned with a mortgage and 9.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Chum Creek, of all households, 81.8% were family households, 16.6% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Chum Creek, 20.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.6% 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 Chum Creek, 21.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Chum Creek, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 25.0%) were male and 12 (or 75.0%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Chum Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Chum Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,700.