Calista

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,937 people in Calista of these 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Calista was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 30.7% of the population.

Of people in Calista aged 15 years and over, 39.8% were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Calista was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Calista, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Calista was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Calista 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.0% were in primary school, 13.3% in secondary school and 12.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Calista were English 36.0%, Australian 22.0%, Scottish 8.5%, Irish 6.0% and Dutch 2.0%.

In Calista, 54.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 17.6%, New Zealand 2.5%, Philippines 2.4%, Scotland 2.3% and Netherlands 1.0%.

In Calista, 38.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 47.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Calista were No Religion 24.0%, Anglican 24.0%, Catholic 18.7%, Uniting Church 2.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.4%.

In Calista 82.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.4%, Filipino 0.8%, Spanish 0.6%, Dutch 0.6% and Italian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 637 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Calista. Of these 61.7% were employed full time, 24.5% were employed part-time and 7.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Calista, 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Calista was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Calista included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.8%, Labourers 16.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Professionals 10.1%, Sales Workers 6.6% and Managers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Calista, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.7%, Hospitals 3.4% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Calista was $383.

In Calista, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.3%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Train 3.2%, Bus 3.2% and Walked only 2.2%. On the day, 11.3% 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 Calista, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.2% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.5% 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 Calista, 20.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Calista, 30.1% were couple families with children, 47.5% were couple families without children and 19.5% were one parent families.

In Calista 16.5% of single parents were male and 83.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Calista, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,660 and those without children was $2,034.

Employment status of couple families

In Calista, of couple families with children, 12.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 10.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Calista, 92.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Calista, 86.9% were separate houses, 6.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Calista, of occupied private dwellings 7.1% had 1 bedroom, 20.7% had 2 bedrooms and 57.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Calista, 30.4% were owned outright, 28.1% were owned with a mortgage and 34.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Calista, of all households, 56.8% were family households, 40.1% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Calista, 43.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.2% 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 Calista, 44.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Calista, there were 52 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 25 (or 48.1%) were male and 27 (or 51.9%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Calista, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $831.

In Calista, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $245 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.