Childers

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,410 people in Childers of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Childers was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 28.1% of the population.

Of people in Childers aged 15 years and over, 46.5% were married and 14.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Childers was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Childers, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Childers was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Childers 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 17.5% in secondary school and 5.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Childers were Australian 30.4%, English 29.2%, Irish 7.1%, German 6.8% and Scottish 6.6%.

In Childers, 76.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, New Zealand 1.4%, Germany 1.1%, Korea, Republic of (South) 0.8% and Italy 0.6%.

In Childers, 75.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Childers were Anglican 27.0%, Catholic 17.3%, No Religion 17.2%, Uniting Church 11.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In Childers 85.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.3%, Korean 1.2%, Italian 0.3%, Estonian 0.2% and French 0.2%.

Employment

There were 515 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Childers. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 29.9% were employed part-time and 8.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Childers, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Childers was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Childers included Labourers 25.3%, Managers 16.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Professionals 8.1% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Childers, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 10.4%, School Education 6.4%, Accommodation 4.3%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 4.0% and Other Crop Growing 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Childers was $384.

In Childers, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.8%, Walked only 15.1%, Bus 8.3%, Car, as passenger 5.5% and Motorbike/scooter 1.3%. On the day, 7.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Childers, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.5% provided care for children and 9.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.6% 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 Childers, 19.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Childers, 29.3% were couple families with children, 51.1% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Childers 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Childers, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,732 and those without children was $1,874.

Employment status of couple families

In Childers, of couple families with children, 15.8% had both partners employed full-time, 1.1% had both employed part-time and 12.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Childers, 87.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Childers, 79.8% were separate houses, 7.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.4% were flats, units or apartments and 7.0% were other dwellings.

In Childers, of occupied private dwellings 8.4% had 1 bedroom, 20.7% had 2 bedrooms and 46.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Childers, 40.7% were owned outright, 17.6% were owned with a mortgage and 38.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Childers, of all households, 63.2% were family households, 31.2% were single person households and 5.6% were group households.

In Childers, 44.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.1% 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 Childers, 44.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Childers, there were 49 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 40.8%) were male and 29 (or 59.2%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Childers, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $687.

In Childers, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.