Chermside West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,121 people in Chermside West of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Chermside West was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.0% of the population.

Of people in Chermside West aged 15 years and over, 53.2% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Chermside West was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Chermside West, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Chermside West was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Chermside West 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.3% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 23.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Chermside West were Australian 26.6%, English 25.4%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 7.5% and Italian 5.0%.

In Chermside West, 75.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.8%, England 2.6%, Italy 1.8%, India 1.5% and Philippines 1.2%.

In Chermside West, 59.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Chermside West were Catholic 31.3%, No Religion 19.4%, Anglican 16.1%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Baptist 3.7%.

In Chermside West 83.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.8%, Cantonese 1.4%, Mandarin 0.9%, Malayalam 0.9% and Hindi 0.7%.

Employment

There were 3,148 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Chermside West. Of these 60.4% were employed full time, 28.7% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Chermside West, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Chermside West was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Chermside West included Professionals 25.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.7%, Managers 10.6%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Labourers 7.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Chermside West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 8.2%, School Education 5.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, State Government Administration 3.9% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Chermside West was $662.

In Chermside West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.7%, Bus 9.0%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Walked only 2.8% and Train 1.3%. On the day, 13.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Chermside West, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.9% 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 Chermside West, 29.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Chermside West, 45.1% were couple families with children, 38.2% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Chermside West 17.3% of single parents were male and 82.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Chermside West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,398 and those without children was $2,200.

Employment status of couple families

In Chermside West, of couple families with children, 23.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Chermside West, 95.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chermside West, 98.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Chermside West, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 3.4% had 2 bedrooms and 57.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chermside West, 42.8% were owned outright, 35.8% were owned with a mortgage and 18.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Chermside West, of all households, 75.9% were family households, 20.1% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Chermside West, 18.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.9% 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 Chermside West, 35.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Chermside West, there were 94 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 43 (or 45.7%) were male and 51 (or 54.3%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Chermside West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,036.

In Chermside West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $360 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.