Champion Lakes

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 683 people in Champion Lakes of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Champion Lakes was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.5% of the population.

Of people in Champion Lakes aged 15 years and over, 48.5% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Champion Lakes was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Champion Lakes, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Champion Lakes was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Champion Lakes 26.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.3% were in primary school, 15.6% in secondary school and 27.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Champion Lakes were English 33.6%, Australian 23.8%, Scottish 5.3%, Dutch 5.3% and Irish 5.2%.

In Champion Lakes, 62.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.6%, New Zealand 2.9%, South Africa 2.3%, Netherlands 2.2% and India 1.8%.

In Champion Lakes, 39.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Champion Lakes were No Religion 25.1%, Anglican 20.1%, Catholic 18.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 7.3% and Christian, nfd 4.4%.

In Champion Lakes 82.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.5%, Afrikaans 2.2%, Spanish 1.2%, Dutch 0.7% and Cantonese 0.6%.

Employment

There were 397 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Champion Lakes. Of these 57.9% were employed full time, 30.2% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Champion Lakes, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Champion Lakes was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Champion Lakes included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.8%, Professionals 13.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.7%, Managers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Labourers 8.6% and Sales Workers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Champion Lakes, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, Road Freight Transport 3.7%, Hospitals 3.4%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 3.4% and Residential Care Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Champion Lakes was $634.

In Champion Lakes, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.9%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Truck 3.9%, Train 2.9% and Other 1.8%. On the day, 6.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Champion Lakes, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.8% 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, 15.1% 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 Champion Lakes, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Champion Lakes, 43.5% were couple families with children, 40.8% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Champion Lakes, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,113 and those without children was $2,277.

Employment status of couple families

In Champion Lakes, of couple families with children, 20.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 24.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Champion Lakes, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Champion Lakes, 83.6% were separate houses, 3.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 12.7% were other dwellings.

In Champion Lakes, of occupied private dwellings 9.5% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 39.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Champion Lakes, 31.1% were owned outright, 38.2% were owned with a mortgage and 28.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Champion Lakes, of all households, 75.9% were family households, 19.6% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Champion Lakes, 22.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.8% 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 Champion Lakes, 21.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Champion Lakes, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Champion Lakes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In Champion Lakes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $135 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.