Charleston

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 516 people in Charleston of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Charleston was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.7% of the population.

Of people in Charleston aged 15 years and over, 58.2% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Charleston was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Charleston, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% 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 Charleston was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Charleston 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.0% were in primary school, 32.5% in secondary school and 14.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Charleston were Australian 30.2%, English 29.9%, German 17.4%, Scottish 7.5% and Irish 6.0%.

In Charleston, 88.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, Canada 0.6%, Denmark 0.6%, Germany 0.6% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Charleston, 75.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Charleston were No Religion 30.0%, Lutheran 23.0%, Uniting Church 12.0%, Anglican 8.9% and Catholic 7.9%.

In Charleston 95.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.6% and Croatian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 301 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Charleston. Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 34.2% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Charleston, 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Charleston was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Charleston included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.0%, Professionals 16.9%, Managers 16.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Labourers 13.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Sales Workers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Charleston, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.3%, Hospitals 4.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8%, Residential Building Construction 3.1% and Tertiary Education 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Charleston was $636.

In Charleston, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.9%, Truck, other 1.7%, Car, as passenger 1.4%, Car as driver, other 1.4% and Bus 1.0%. 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 68.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Charleston, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.7% 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, 33.7% 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 Charleston, 32.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Charleston, 61.9% were couple families with children, 29.3% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

In Charleston 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Charleston, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,941 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Charleston, of couple families with children, 18.2% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 30.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Charleston, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Charleston, 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 Charleston, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 10.5% had 2 bedrooms and 51.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Charleston, 32.0% were owned outright, 58.7% were owned with a mortgage and 7.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Charleston, of all households, 82.6% were family households, 17.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Charleston, 14.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.5% 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 Charleston, 16.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Charleston, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) 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 Charleston, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Charleston, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $737.