Charters Towers City

2016 Census All persons QuickStats
Geography type State Suburbs
Area code SSC30589
People 2,134
Male 48.6%
Female 51.4%
Median age 40
Families 501
Average children per family  null
for families with children 2
for all households (a) 0.7
All private dwellings 1,086
Average people per household 2.2
Median weekly household income $901
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,192
Median weekly rent $200
Average motor vehicles per dwelling 1.4

(a) This label has been updated to more accurately reflect the Census concept shown in this data item. The data has not changed.

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People

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Demographics & education

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

People
Persons count based on place of usual residence on Census night
Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Male 1,038 48.6 2,321,889 49.4 11,546,638 49.3
Female 1,096 51.4 2,381,308 50.6 11,855,248 50.7
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 257 12.0 186,482 4.0 649,171 2.8

In the 2016 Census, there were 2,134 people in Charters Towers City. Of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 12.0% of the population.

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Age Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median age 40 -- 37 -- 38 --
0-4 years 106 5.0 296,466 6.3 1,464,779 6.3
5-9 years 158 7.4 317,138 6.7 1,502,646 6.4
10-14 years 164 7.7 299,097 6.4 1,397,183 6.0
15-19 years 148 6.9 296,287 6.3 1,421,595 6.1
20-24 years 108 5.0 316,860 6.7 1,566,793 6.7
25-29 years 132 6.2 320,753 6.8 1,664,602 7.1
30-34 years 126 5.9 325,943 6.9 1,703,847 7.3
35-39 years 109 5.1 305,218 6.5 1,561,679 6.7
40-44 years 129 6.0 322,901 6.9 1,583,257 6.8
45-49 years 123 5.7 322,982 6.9 1,581,455 6.8
50-54 years 135 6.3 308,727 6.6 1,523,551 6.5
55-59 years 142 6.6 292,198 6.2 1,454,332 6.2
60-64 years 132 6.2 260,685 5.5 1,299,397 5.6
65-69 years 122 5.7 242,192 5.1 1,188,999 5.1
70-74 years 120 5.6 180,406 3.8 887,716 3.8
75-79 years 69 3.2 126,084 2.7 652,657 2.8
80-84 years 71 3.3 83,731 1.8 460,549 2.0
85 years and over 46 2.1 85,528 1.8 486,842 2.1

The median age of people in Charters Towers City was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.0% of the population.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Married 658 38.5 1,775,920 46.9 9,148,218 48.1
Separated 59 3.5 134,953 3.6 608,059 3.2
Divorced 180 10.5 354,382 9.3 1,626,890 8.5
Widowed 129 7.6 184,671 4.9 985,204 5.2
Never married 681 39.9 1,340,580 35.4 6,668,910 35.0

Of people in Charters Towers City aged 15 years and over, 38.5% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 543 38.8 1,546,502 46.7 8,001,141 47.7
De facto marriage 159 11.4 394,739 11.9 1,751,731 10.4
Not married 696 49.8 1,367,026 41.3 7,024,973 41.9

In Charters Towers City, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Preschool 12 1.7 56,639 3.9 347,621 4.8
Primary - Government 139 19.8 276,468 19.1 1,314,787 18.2
Primary - Catholic 34 4.9 73,844 5.1 380,604 5.3
Primary - other non Government 24 3.4 50,202 3.5 231,490 3.2
Secondary - Government 57 8.1 176,138 12.2 827,505 11.5
Secondary - Catholic 74 10.6 63,080 4.4 338,384 4.7
Secondary - other non Government 24 3.4 58,927 4.1 280,618 3.9
Technical or further education institution 28 4.0 76,992 5.3 424,869 5.9
University or tertiary institution 24 3.4 213,221 14.8 1,160,626 16.1
Other 4 0.6 37,517 2.6 198,383 2.8
Not stated 281 40.1 360,888 25.0 1,707,023 23.7

In Charters Towers City 32.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.3% were in primary school, 21.9% in secondary school and 7.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 162 9.5 693,412 18.3 4,181,406 22.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 76 4.4 330,619 8.7 1,687,893 8.9
Certificate level IV 36 2.1 111,975 3.0 551,767 2.9
Certificate level III 218 12.8 576,295 15.2 2,442,203 12.8
Year 12 228 13.3 625,959 16.5 2,994,097 15.7
Year 11 92 5.4 163,394 4.3 941,531 4.9
Year 10 285 16.7 488,554 12.9 2,054,331 10.8
Certificate level II 0 0.0 2,602 0.1 13,454 0.1
Certificate level I 0 0.0 418 0.0 2,176 0.0
Year 9 or below 258 15.1 275,376 7.3 1,529,897 8.0
No educational attainment 8 0.5 15,700 0.4 145,844 0.8
Not stated 312 18.3 409,227 10.8 1,974,794 10.4

Of people aged 15 and over in Charters Towers City, 13.3% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 14.9% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 4.4% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Ancestry, top responses Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Australian 993 34.6 1,649,284 25.3 7,298,243 23.3
English 764 26.6 1,794,999 27.5 7,852,224 25.0
Irish 254 8.8 564,334 8.7 2,388,058 7.6
Scottish 185 6.4 486,648 7.5 2,023,470 6.4
German 107 3.7 296,387 4.5 982,226 3.1

The most common ancestries in Charters Towers City were Australian 34.6%, English 26.6%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 6.4% and German 3.7%.

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 Charters Towers City (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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Country of birth Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Australia 1,703 79.7 3,343,657 71.1 15,614,835 66.7
Other top responses:  null  null  null  null  null  null
New Zealand 45 2.1 201,206 4.3 518,466 2.2
Philippines 24 1.1 39,661 0.8 232,386 1.0
England 21 1.0 180,775 3.8 907,570 3.9
Vietnam 11 0.5 19,544 0.4 219,355 0.9
Papua New Guinea 9 0.4 16,120 0.3 28,800 0.1

In Charters Towers City, 79.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.1%, Philippines 1.1%, England 1.0%, Vietnam 0.5% and Papua New Guinea 0.4%.

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Country of birth of father and/or mother, stated responses Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Both parents born overseas 194 9.1 1,225,441 26.1 8,051,196 34.4
Father only born overseas 81 3.8 302,904 6.4 1,488,092 6.4
Mother only born overseas 73 3.4 234,425 5.0 1,094,591 4.7
Both parents born in Australia 1,515 70.9 2,575,201 54.8 11,070,538 47.3

In Charters Towers City, 70.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

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Country of birth of father, stated responses Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Australia 1,607 75.5 2,824,420 60.1 12,231,150 52.3
New Zealand 53 2.5 236,403 5.0 617,331 2.6
England 52 2.4 287,091 6.1 1,403,096 6.0
Philippines 28 1.3 43,562 0.9 270,177 1.2
Scotland 17 0.8 54,350 1.2 276,038 1.2

In Charters Towers City, the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 75.5%, New Zealand 2.5%, England 2.4%, Philippines 1.3% and Scotland 0.8%.

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Country of birth of mother, stated responses Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Australia 1,604 75.8 2,897,343 61.6 12,643,365 54.0
New Zealand 49 2.3 236,930 5.0 608,329 2.6
England 44 2.1 264,169 5.6 1,302,147 5.6
Philippines 31 1.5 57,947 1.2 325,049 1.4
Scotland 15 0.7 46,925 1.0 245,915 1.1

In Charters Towers City, the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 75.8%, New Zealand 2.3%, England 2.1%, Philippines 1.5% and Scotland 0.7%.

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Religious affiliation, top responses Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
No Religion, so described 543 25.4 1,374,427 29.2 6,933,708 29.6
Catholic 477 22.3 1,022,514 21.7 5,291,834 22.6
Anglican 304 14.2 719,718 15.3 3,101,185 13.3
Not stated 289 13.5 468,042 10.0 2,238,735 9.6
Uniting Church 237 11.1 238,313 5.1 870,183 3.7

The most common responses for religion in Charters Towers City were No Religion, so described 25.4%, Catholic 22.3%, Anglican 14.2%, Not stated 13.5% and Uniting Church 11.1%. In Charters Towers City, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (67.5%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

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Language, top responses (other than English) Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Tagalog 13 0.6 16,999 0.4 111,273 0.5
Vietnamese 10 0.5 25,914 0.6 277,400 1.2
Filipino 10 0.5 11,371 0.2 71,220 0.3
Polish 4 0.2 5,224 0.1 48,083 0.2
Malayalam 4 0.2 7,614 0.2 53,206 0.2
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English only spoken at home 1,797 84.4 3,820,632 81.2 17,020,417 72.7
Households where a non English language is spoken 43 4.6 242,052 13.5 1,971,011 22.2

In Charters Towers City 84.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 0.6%, Vietnamese 0.5%, Filipino 0.5%, Polish 0.2% and Malayalam 0.2%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 443 51.3 1,333,193 57.7 6,623,065 57.7
Worked part-time 234 27.1 691,751 29.9 3,491,503 30.4
Away from work 51 5.9 111,509 4.8 569,276 5.0
Unemployed 135 15.6 175,665 7.6 787,452 6.9

There were 863 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Charters Towers City. Of these 51.3% were employed full time, 27.1% were employed part-time and 15.6% 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.

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Employment - hours worked
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
1-15 hours per week 73 10.1 235,001 11.0 1,218,823 11.4
16-24 hours per week 64 8.8 201,035 9.4 1,079,236 10.1
25-34 hours per week 91 12.5 255,714 12.0 1,193,445 11.2
35-39 hours per week 129 17.8 410,236 19.2 2,031,263 19.0
40 hours or more per week 316 43.5 922,958 43.2 4,591,801 43.0

Of employed people in Charters Towers City, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.5% worked 40 hours or more.

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Occupation
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Professionals 111 15.4 423,917 19.8 2,370,966 22.2
Labourers 107 14.8 225,268 10.5 1,011,520 9.5
Community and Personal Service Workers 103 14.3 241,956 11.3 1,157,003 10.8
Technicians and Trades Workers 96 13.3 305,441 14.3 1,447,414 13.5
Machinery Operators and Drivers 81 11.2 147,636 6.9 670,106 6.3
Clerical and Administrative Workers 80 11.1 291,317 13.6 1,449,681 13.6
Sales Workers 67 9.3 207,795 9.7 1,000,955 9.4
Managers 65 9.0 258,509 12.1 1,390,047 13.0

The most common occupations in Charters Towers City included Professionals 15.4%, Labourers 14.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Machinery Operators and Drivers 11.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Sales Workers 9.3% and Managers 9.0%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Aged Care Residential Services 47 7.3 40,967 1.9 211,621 2.0
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 41 6.3 52,291 2.4 254,275 2.4
Combined Primary and Secondary Education 41 6.3 26,748 1.3 122,286 1.1
Gold Ore Mining 37 5.7 1,905 0.1 20,141 0.2
Local Government Administration 34 5.2 30,286 1.4 142,724 1.3

Of the employed people in Charters Towers City, the most common responses for industry of employment included Aged Care Residential Services 7.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.3%, Combined Primary and Secondary Education 6.3%, Gold Ore Mining 5.7% and Local Government Administration 5.2%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Personal 480 -- 660 -- 662 --
Family 1,174 -- 1,661 -- 1,734 --
Household 901 -- 1,402 -- 1,438 --

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Charters Towers City was $480.

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Travel to work, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Car, as driver 450 62.0 1,368,965 64.1 6,574,571 61.5
Walked only 76 10.5 70,471 3.3 370,427 3.5
Car, as passenger 42 5.8 112,508 5.3 489,922 4.6
Worked at home 18 2.5 112,422 5.3 503,582 4.7
Bus 14 1.9 63,829 3.0 323,201 3.0
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People who travelled to work by public transport 17 2.4 152,230 7.1 1,225,668 11.5
People who travelled to work by car as driver or passenger 505 70.1 1,523,756 71.3 7,305,271 68.4

In Charters Towers City, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.0%, Walked only 10.5%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Worked at home 2.5% and Bus 1.9%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 1,039 60.7 2,671,858 70.5 13,143,914 69.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 371 21.7 1,063,450 28.1 5,259,400 27.6
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 192 11.3 407,168 10.7 2,145,203 11.3
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 374 21.9 714,138 18.8 3,620,726 19.0

In Charters Towers City, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.7% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.9% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Unpaid domestic work, number of hours
People aged 15 years and over
Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Less than 5 hours per week 281 16.4 853,120 22.5 4,298,593 22.6
5 to 14 hours per week 366 21.4 1,017,232 26.8 4,944,578 26.0
15 to 29 hours per week 206 12.1 448,338 11.8 2,189,776 11.5
30 hours or more per week 183 10.7 353,168 9.3 1,710,970 9.0

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Charters Towers City, 21.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.7% worked 30 hours or more.

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Families

family composition | employment status of couple families

Family composition

Family composition Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Couple family without children 210 41.8 481,451 39.4 2,291,987 37.8
Couple family with children 160 31.9 518,494 42.5 2,716,224 44.7
One parent family 117 23.3 201,308 16.5 959,543 15.8
Other family 15 3.0 19,898 1.6 102,559 1.7

Of the families in Charters Towers City, 31.9% were couple families with children, 41.8% were couple families without children and 23.3% were one parent families.

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Single (or lone) parents
Proportion of the total single (or lone) parent population
Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Male -- 16.9 -- 18.5 -- 18.2
Female -- 83.1 -- 81.5 -- 81.8

In Charters Towers City, 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

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Employment status of couple families

Employment status of couple families
Labour force, parents or partners aged 15 years and over
Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Both employed, worked full-time 63 17.1 225,032 22.5 1,084,006 21.6
Both employed, worked part-time 12 3.3 39,193 3.9 203,596 4.1
One employed full-time, one part-time 46 12.5 212,524 21.3 1,086,460 21.7
One employed full-time, other not working 54 14.6 144,839 14.5 749,886 15.0
One employed part-time, other not working 32 8.7 57,595 5.8 302,037 6.0
Both not working 101 27.4 200,661 20.1 1,006,697 20.1
Other (includes away from work) 24 6.5 52,525 5.3 264,145 5.3
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family) 37 10.0 67,574 6.8 311,381 6.2

In Charters Towers City, of couple families with children, 17.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 12.5% 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.

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Dwellings

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Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling count Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Occupied private dwellings 814 83.2 1,656,828 89.4 8,286,073 88.8
Unoccupied private dwellings 164 16.8 195,570 10.6 1,039,874 11.2

In Charters Towers City, 83.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.8% were unoccupied.

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Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings
Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Separate house 754 92.6 1,269,653 76.6 6,041,788 72.9
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 6 0.7 174,984 10.6 1,055,016 12.7
Flat or apartment 38 4.7 186,780 11.3 1,087,434 13.1
Other dwelling 12 1.5 16,809 1.0 64,425 0.8

Of occupied private dwellings in Charters Towers City, 92.6% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.7% were flats or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

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Number of bedrooms
Occupied private dwellings
Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
None (includes bedsitters) 0 0.0 8,306 0.5 39,769 0.5
1 bedroom 29 3.6 70,628 4.3 411,252 5.0
2 bedrooms 233 28.7 275,203 16.6 1,562,759 18.9
3 bedrooms 353 43.5 657,978 39.7 3,403,190 41.1
4 or more bedrooms 159 19.6 604,269 36.5 2,670,758 32.2
Number of bedrooms not stated 37 4.6 40,448 2.4 198,351 2.4
Average number of bedrooms per dwelling 2.9 -- 3.2 -- 3.1 --
Average number of people per household 2.2 -- 2.6 -- 2.6 --

In Charters Towers City, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 28.7% had 2 bedrooms and 43.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

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Tenure
Occupied private dwellings
Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Owned outright 277 34.2 471,407 28.5 2,565,695 31.0
Owned with a mortgage 185 22.8 558,439 33.7 2,855,222 34.5
Rented 311 38.3 566,478 34.2 2,561,302 30.9
Other tenure type 4 0.5 15,566 0.9 78,994 1.0
Tenure type not stated 34 4.2 44,944 2.7 224,869 2.7

Of occupied private dwellings in Charters Towers City, 34.2% were owned outright, 22.8% were owned with a mortgage and 38.3% were rented.

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Household composition

Household composition Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Family households 490 60.7 1,189,859 71.8 5,907,625 71.3
Single (or lone) person households 283 35.1 389,076 23.5 2,023,542 24.4
Group households 34 4.2 77,898 4.7 354,917 4.3

In Charters Towers City, of all households, 60.7% were family households, 35.1% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

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Household income Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Less than $650 gross weekly income -- 33.8 -- 19.5 -- 20.0
More than $3,000 gross weekly income -- 5.3 -- 14.4 -- 16.4

In Charters Towers City, 33.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 5.3% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

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Mortgage & rent

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

Rent weekly payments Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median rent 200 -- 330 -- 335 --
Households where rent payments are less than 30% of household income -- 85.1 -- 87.2 -- 88.5
Households with rent payments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 14.9 -- 12.8 -- 11.5

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.

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Mortgage monthly repayments Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median mortgage repayments 1,192 -- 1,733 -- 1,755 --
Households where mortgage repayments are less than 30% of household income -- 96.9 -- 93.6 -- 92.8
Households with mortgage repayments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 3.1 -- 6.4 -- 7.2

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.

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Number of motor vehicles

Number of registered motor vehicles Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
None 104 12.7 99,133 6.0 623,829 7.5
1 motor vehicle 333 40.8 566,233 34.2 2,881,485 34.8
2 motor vehicles 239 29.3 620,096 37.4 2,999,184 36.2
3 or more vehicles 98 12.0 315,106 19.0 1,496,382 18.1
Number of motor vehicles not stated 43 5.3 56,263 3.4 285,197 3.4

In Charters Towers City, 40.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

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Internet connection

Dwelling internet connection Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Internet not accessed from dwelling 256 31.6 224,855 13.6 1,172,415 14.1
Internet accessed from dwelling 518 64.0 1,387,499 83.7 6,892,165 83.2
Not stated 36 4.4 44,482 2.7 221,494 2.7

In Charters Towers City, 64.0% 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.

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Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people

selected people & dwelling characteristics

People characteristics

People characteristics
Count based on place of usual residence on Census night.
Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Male 149 58.0 92,176 49.4 322,171 49.6
Female 108 42.0 94,311 50.6 326,996 50.4
Median age 21 -- 22 -- 23 --

In Charters Towers City, 58.0% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 42.0% were female. The median age was 21 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.

Dwelling characteristics
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 2.6 -- 3.3 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 1 -- 1 -- 1 --
Median weekly household income 731 -- 1,222 -- 1,203 --

In Charters Towers City, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6 persons, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $731.

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Mortgage and rent
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Charters Towers City % Charters Towers City Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 193 -- 270 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 1,247 -- 1,733 -- 1,660 --

In Charters Towers City, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $193 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,247.

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Small random adjustments have been made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from the table totals. For further information, go to the User Guide for QuickStats.

Data reported for Australia and Other Territories now includes Norfolk Island, following an amendment to the Acts Interpretation Act, 1901. Because Norfolk Island has not previously been included in the Census, any 2011 benchmarks will not include Norfolk Island.