Christie Downs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,133 people in Christie Downs of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Christie Downs was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.1% of the population.

Of people in Christie Downs aged 15 years and over, 36.2% were married and 16.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Christie Downs was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Christie Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Christie Downs was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Christie Downs 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.9% were in primary school, 18.6% in secondary school and 14.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Christie Downs were English 33.6%, Australian 27.6%, Scottish 6.8%, Irish 5.8% and German 5.2%.

In Christie Downs, 71.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.1%, Scotland 1.5%, Germany 1.0%, Philippines 0.8% and New Zealand 0.7%.

In Christie Downs, 57.3% 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 Christie Downs were No Religion 33.7%, Catholic 14.7%, Anglican 13.8%, Uniting Church 4.5% and Christian, nfd 2.9%.

In Christie Downs 86.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.6%, German 0.4%, Mandarin 0.4%, Dutch 0.4% and Arabic 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,921 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Christie Downs. Of these 47.2% were employed full time, 34.1% were employed part-time and 11.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Christie Downs, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 30.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Christie Downs was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Christie Downs included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.5%, Labourers 17.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0%, Professionals 8.7% and Managers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Christie Downs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.6%, Residential Care Services 4.2%, Hospitals 3.6% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Christie Downs was $370.

In Christie Downs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.6%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Train 3.8%, Bus 2.5% and Walked only 2.2%. On the day, 8.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Christie Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.1% 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 Christie Downs, 22.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Christie Downs, 32.5% were couple families with children, 37.2% were couple families without children and 28.2% were one parent families.

In Christie Downs 19.6% of single parents were male and 80.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Christie Downs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,585 and those without children was $1,475.

Employment status of couple families

In Christie Downs, of couple families with children, 9.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 15.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Christie Downs, 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Christie Downs, 77.4% were separate houses, 14.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Christie Downs, of occupied private dwellings 4.6% had 1 bedroom, 12.3% had 2 bedrooms and 71.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Christie Downs, 21.4% were owned outright, 28.9% were owned with a mortgage and 44.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Christie Downs, of all households, 60.7% were family households, 35.0% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Christie Downs, 43.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.0% 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 Christie Downs, 43.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Christie Downs, there were 190 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 89 (or 46.8%) were male and 101 (or 53.2%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Christie Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $677.

In Christie Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $208 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,105.