Chillagoe

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 192 people in Chillagoe of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 31.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Chillagoe was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Chillagoe aged 15 years and over, 37.2% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Chillagoe was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Chillagoe, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 24.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Chillagoe was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Chillagoe 21.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.1% were in primary school, 14.3% in secondary school and 9.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Chillagoe were Australian 46.9%, English 28.6%, Irish 5.8%, German 3.7% and Scottish 2.1%.

In Chillagoe, 84.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Germany 1.6%, India 1.6%, Italy 1.6%, New Zealand 1.6% and Philippines 1.6%.

In Chillagoe, 83.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Chillagoe were Anglican 28.9%, Catholic 24.7%, No Religion 22.6%, Uniting Church 8.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.1%.

In Chillagoe 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.6% and Kriol 1.6%.

Employment

There were 92 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Chillagoe. Of these 46.7% were employed full time, 33.7% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Chillagoe, 15.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Chillagoe was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Chillagoe were Labourers 30.0%, Managers 18.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 18.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.2%, Professionals 5.0% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Chillagoe, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 13.6%, School Education 7.4%, Employment Services 6.2%, Construction Material Mining 4.9% and Postal and Courier Pick-up and Delivery Services 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Chillagoe was $417.

In Chillagoe, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 28.0%, Car, as driver 26.8%, Truck 12.2%, Car, as passenger 11.0% and Other 3.7%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 38.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Chillagoe, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.8% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.6% 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 Chillagoe, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 2.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Chillagoe, 44.7% were couple families with children, 40.4% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Chillagoe 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Chillagoe, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,333 and those without children was $733.

Employment status of couple families

In Chillagoe, of couple families with children, 12.8% had both partners employed full-time, 7.7% had both employed part-time and 25.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Chillagoe, 58.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 41.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chillagoe, 83.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 8.1% were other dwellings.

In Chillagoe, of occupied private dwellings 18.9% had 1 bedroom, 27.0% had 2 bedrooms and 29.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Chillagoe, 43.2% were owned outright, 12.2% were owned with a mortgage and 39.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Chillagoe, of all households, 65.8% were family households, 34.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Chillagoe, 40.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Chillagoe, 36.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Chillagoe, there were 60 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 29 (or 48.3%) were male and 31 (or 51.7%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Chillagoe, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Chillagoe, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.