St Ives Chase

Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

In the 2016 Census, there were 3,154 people in St Ives Chase. Of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in St Ives Chase was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.6% of the population.

Of people in St Ives Chase aged 15 years and over, 67.3% were married and 4.7% were either divorced or separated.

In St Ives Chase, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.0% were in a de facto marriage.

In St Ives Chase 34.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.5% were in primary school, 27.5% in secondary school and 20.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Of people aged 15 and over in St Ives Chase, 16.5% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 6.7% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 10.7% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in St Ives Chase were English 25.1%, Australian 17.3%, Chinese 10.7%, Scottish 8.0% and Irish 6.3%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in St Ives Chase (including those who did not state an ancestry).

In St Ives Chase, 53.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were South Africa 9.6%, England 7.8%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 7.0%, New Zealand 2.0% and India 1.6%.

In St Ives Chase, 28.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 54.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

In St Ives Chase, the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 35.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 10.6%, South Africa 10.5%, England 9.7% and India 2.7%.

In St Ives Chase, the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 36.3%, South Africa 11.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 10.8%, England 8.8% and New Zealand 2.7%.

The most common responses for religion in St Ives Chase were No Religion, so described 29.7%, Anglican 20.0%, Catholic 16.8%, Judaism 6.9% and Not stated 5.4%. In St Ives Chase, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (55.2%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

In St Ives Chase 72.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 8.1%, Cantonese 3.3%, Afrikaans 1.4%, Hebrew 1.0% and Spanish 0.9%.

Employment

There were 1,537 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in St Ives Chase. Of these 60.8% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

Of employed people in St Ives Chase, 13.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The most common occupations in St Ives Chase included Professionals 35.8%, Managers 23.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.5%, Labourers 2.5% and Machinery Operators and Drivers 0.8%.

Of the employed people in St Ives Chase, the most common responses for industry of employment included Computer System Design and Related Services 5.2%, Banking 3.4%, Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 3.1%, Management Advice and Related Consulting Services 2.8% and Accounting Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in St Ives Chase was $935.

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In St Ives Chase, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.2%, Worked at home 10.4%, Train, car as driver 5.7%, Train 5.6% and Bus 4.7%. On the day, 19.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In St Ives Chase, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.2% 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, 28.1% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in St Ives Chase, 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in St Ives Chase, 61.7% were couple families with children, 31.0% were couple families without children and 7.3% were one parent families.

In St Ives Chase, 5.6% of single parents were male and 94.4% were female.

Employment status of couple families

In St Ives Chase, of couple families with children, 21.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 24.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In St Ives Chase, 95.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.8% were unoccupied.

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Of occupied private dwellings in St Ives Chase, 96.7% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In St Ives Chase, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.9% had 2 bedrooms and 21.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.2 people.

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Of occupied private dwellings in St Ives Chase, 45.9% were owned outright, 45.8% were owned with a mortgage and 7.5% were rented.

Household composition

In St Ives Chase, of all households, 90.2% were family households, 9.3% were single person households and 0.5% were group households.

In St Ives Chase, 7.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 48.8% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

Number of motor vehicles

In St Ives Chase, 20.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

Internet connection

In St Ives Chase, 95.3% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

People characteristics

In St Ives Chase, 100.0% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 0.0% were female. The median age was 25 years.

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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.

In St Ives Chase, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3 persons, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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

View the data quality statements for: Rent weekly payments (RNTD) Mortgage monthly repayments (MRED) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)