Cheltenham (SA)

2016 Census All persons QuickStats
Geography type State Suburbs
Area code SSC40247
People 2,199
Male 48.9%
Female 51.1%
Median age 44
Families 579
Average children per family  null
for families with children 1.8
for all households (a) 0.7
All private dwellings 949
Average people per household 2.4
Median weekly household income $1,211
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,517
Median weekly rent $260
Average motor vehicles per dwelling 1.7

(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
Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Male 1,074 48.9 825,997 49.3 11,546,638 49.3
Female 1,121 51.1 850,652 50.7 11,855,248 50.7
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 43 2.0 34,184 2.0 649,171 2.8

In the 2016 Census, there were 2,199 people in Cheltenham (SA). Of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

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Age Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Median age 44 -- 40 -- 38 --
0-4 years 97 4.4 97,072 5.8 1,464,779 6.3
5-9 years 109 5.0 100,466 6.0 1,502,646 6.4
10-14 years 114 5.2 95,461 5.7 1,397,183 6.0
15-19 years 130 5.9 100,686 6.0 1,421,595 6.1
20-24 years 161 7.3 107,986 6.4 1,566,793 6.7
25-29 years 146 6.6 107,361 6.4 1,664,602 7.1
30-34 years 114 5.2 110,751 6.6 1,703,847 7.3
35-39 years 119 5.4 102,818 6.1 1,561,679 6.7
40-44 years 140 6.4 106,650 6.4 1,583,257 6.8
45-49 years 191 8.7 113,619 6.8 1,581,455 6.8
50-54 years 183 8.3 113,272 6.8 1,523,551 6.5
55-59 years 167 7.6 111,896 6.7 1,454,332 6.2
60-64 years 169 7.7 102,028 6.1 1,299,397 5.6
65-69 years 137 6.2 96,286 5.7 1,188,999 5.1
70-74 years 63 2.9 72,563 4.3 887,716 3.8
75-79 years 62 2.8 53,885 3.2 652,657 2.8
80-84 years 54 2.5 39,374 2.3 460,549 2.0
85 years and over 44 2.0 44,479 2.7 486,842 2.1

The median age of people in Cheltenham (SA) was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.4% of the population.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Married 825 44.0 659,638 47.7 9,148,218 48.1
Separated 50 2.7 44,199 3.2 608,059 3.2
Divorced 188 10.0 127,916 9.2 1,626,890 8.5
Widowed 97 5.2 83,281 6.0 985,204 5.2
Never married 713 38.1 468,621 33.9 6,668,910 35.0

Of people in Cheltenham (SA) aged 15 years and over, 44.0% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 741 43.4 582,236 47.4 8,001,141 47.7
De facto marriage 162 9.5 126,020 10.3 1,751,731 10.4
Not married 804 47.1 520,539 42.4 7,024,973 41.9

In Cheltenham (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 43.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Preschool 18 3.1 20,292 4.2 347,621 4.8
Primary - Government 79 13.4 94,526 19.5 1,314,787 18.2
Primary - Catholic 62 10.5 26,196 5.4 380,604 5.3
Primary - other non Government 22 3.7 22,589 4.7 231,490 3.2
Secondary - Government 47 8.0 52,721 10.9 827,505 11.5
Secondary - Catholic 49 8.3 19,484 4.0 338,384 4.7
Secondary - other non Government 25 4.2 21,053 4.3 280,618 3.9
Technical or further education institution 46 7.8 31,394 6.5 424,869 5.9
University or tertiary institution 111 18.8 78,780 16.2 1,160,626 16.1
Other 16 2.7 11,501 2.4 198,383 2.8
Not stated 115 19.5 106,438 21.9 1,707,023 23.7

In Cheltenham (SA) 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 20.2% in secondary school and 26.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 297 15.9 256,510 18.5 4,181,406 22.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 159 8.5 115,102 8.3 1,687,893 8.9
Certificate level IV 59 3.2 42,793 3.1 551,767 2.9
Certificate level III 294 15.7 188,790 13.6 2,442,203 12.8
Year 12 329 17.6 214,813 15.5 2,994,097 15.7
Year 11 161 8.6 128,782 9.3 941,531 4.9
Year 10 169 9.0 138,607 10.0 2,054,331 10.8
Certificate level II 0 0.0 1,077 0.1 13,454 0.1
Certificate level I 0 0.0 174 0.0 2,176 0.0
Year 9 or below 193 10.3 119,572 8.6 1,529,897 8.0
No educational attainment 12 0.6 11,000 0.8 145,844 0.8
Not stated 150 8.0 129,257 9.3 1,974,794 10.4

Of people aged 15 and over in Cheltenham (SA), 17.6% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 18.8% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 8.5% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Ancestry, top responses Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
English 721 24.3 639,350 28.5 7,852,224 25.0
Australian 667 22.5 560,374 25.0 7,298,243 23.3
Italian 202 6.8 96,010 4.3 1,000,006 3.2
Irish 192 6.5 134,437 6.0 2,388,058 7.6
German 176 5.9 129,923 5.8 982,226 3.1

The most common ancestries in Cheltenham (SA) were English 24.3%, Australian 22.5%, Italian 6.8%, Irish 6.5% and German 5.9%.

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 Cheltenham (SA) (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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Country of birth Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Australia 1,673 76.1 1,192,546 71.1 15,614,835 66.7
Other top responses:  null  null  null  null  null  null
England 92 4.2 97,392 5.8 907,570 3.9
Italy 36 1.6 18,544 1.1 174,042 0.7
Germany 23 1.0 10,119 0.6 102,595 0.4
Cyprus 18 0.8 1,179 0.1 16,938 0.1
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 18 0.8 24,610 1.5 509,555 2.2

In Cheltenham (SA), 76.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, Italy 1.6%, Germany 1.0%, Cyprus 0.8% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.8%.

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Country of birth of father and/or mother, stated responses Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Both parents born overseas 649 29.6 513,545 30.6 8,051,196 34.4
Father only born overseas 192 8.8 109,094 6.5 1,488,092 6.4
Mother only born overseas 129 5.9 79,405 4.7 1,094,591 4.7
Both parents born in Australia 1,130 51.5 869,207 51.8 11,070,538 47.3

In Cheltenham (SA), 51.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

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Country of birth of father, stated responses Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Australia 1,265 57.7 954,233 56.9 12,231,150 52.3
England 139 6.3 144,172 8.6 1,403,096 6.0
Italy 102 4.7 51,307 3.1 470,138 2.0
Greece 52 2.4 21,892 1.3 226,920 1.0
Croatia 35 1.6 5,736 0.3 91,023 0.4

In Cheltenham (SA), the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 57.7%, England 6.3%, Italy 4.7%, Greece 2.4% and Croatia 1.6%.

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Country of birth of mother, stated responses Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Australia 1,330 60.8 985,020 58.7 12,643,365 54.0
England 147 6.7 140,701 8.4 1,302,147 5.6
Italy 77 3.5 43,864 2.6 395,775 1.7
Greece 55 2.5 19,793 1.2 206,674 0.9
Cyprus 35 1.6 2,600 0.2 35,453 0.2

In Cheltenham (SA), the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 60.8%, England 6.7%, Italy 3.5%, Greece 2.5% and Cyprus 1.6%.

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Religious affiliation, top responses Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
No Religion, so described 724 32.9 594,313 35.4 6,933,708 29.6
Catholic 521 23.7 301,034 18.0 5,291,834 22.6
Not stated 200 9.1 150,215 9.0 2,238,735 9.6
Anglican 179 8.1 167,658 10.0 3,101,185 13.3
Eastern Orthodox 128 5.8 41,219 2.5 502,801 2.1

The most common responses for religion in Cheltenham (SA) were No Religion, so described 32.9%, Catholic 23.7%, Not stated 9.1%, Anglican 8.1% and Eastern Orthodox 5.8%. In Cheltenham (SA), Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (59.1%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

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Language, top responses (other than English) Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Greek 73 3.3 22,993 1.4 237,588 1.0
Italian 46 2.1 29,106 1.7 271,597 1.2
Russian 44 2.0 3,289 0.2 50,314 0.2
Croatian 18 0.8 3,075 0.2 56,885 0.2
Serbian 16 0.7 4,175 0.2 53,801 0.2
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English only spoken at home 1,731 78.4 1,311,533 78.2 17,020,417 72.7
Households where a non English language is spoken 184 20.7 117,512 17.4 1,971,011 22.2

In Cheltenham (SA) 78.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 3.3%, Italian 2.1%, Russian 2.0%, Croatian 0.8% and Serbian 0.7%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 619 53.2 435,110 53.9 6,623,065 57.7
Worked part-time 392 33.7 270,409 33.5 3,491,503 30.4
Away from work 63 5.4 40,582 5.0 569,276 5.0
Unemployed 89 7.7 60,488 7.5 787,452 6.9

There were 1,163 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cheltenham (SA). Of these 53.2% were employed full time, 33.7% were employed part-time and 7.7% 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
Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
1-15 hours per week 135 12.7 95,282 12.8 1,218,823 11.4
16-24 hours per week 113 10.6 77,283 10.4 1,079,236 10.1
25-34 hours per week 142 13.3 97,844 13.1 1,193,445 11.2
35-39 hours per week 251 23.5 153,550 20.6 2,031,263 19.0
40 hours or more per week 366 34.3 281,566 37.7 4,591,801 43.0

Of employed people in Cheltenham (SA), 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.3% worked 40 hours or more.

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Occupation
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Professionals 195 18.3 151,091 20.3 2,370,966 22.2
Clerical and Administrative Workers 168 15.8 99,540 13.3 1,449,681 13.6
Technicians and Trades Workers 167 15.7 100,142 13.4 1,447,414 13.5
Community and Personal Service Workers 125 11.7 89,625 12.0 1,157,003 10.8
Managers 120 11.3 94,075 12.6 1,390,047 13.0
Sales Workers 113 10.6 71,761 9.6 1,000,955 9.4
Labourers 93 8.7 82,850 11.1 1,011,520 9.5
Machinery Operators and Drivers 72 6.8 45,515 6.1 670,106 6.3

The most common occupations in Cheltenham (SA) included Professionals 18.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Managers 11.3%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Labourers 8.7% and Machinery Operators and Drivers 6.8%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 52 5.4 30,463 4.1 411,808 3.9
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 33 3.5 21,632 2.9 254,275 2.4
State Government Administration 33 3.5 15,118 2.0 158,980 1.5
Aged Care Residential Services 27 2.8 22,642 3.0 211,621 2.0
Other Social Assistance Services 26 2.7 13,552 1.8 158,230 1.5

Of the employed people in Cheltenham (SA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 5.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5%, State Government Administration 3.5%, Aged Care Residential Services 2.8% and Other Social Assistance Services 2.7%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Personal 633 -- 600 -- 662 --
Family 1,697 -- 1,510 -- 1,734 --
Household 1,211 -- 1,206 -- 1,438 --

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cheltenham (SA) was $633.

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Travel to work, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Car, as driver 710 67.8 492,357 66.0 6,574,571 61.5
Train 76 7.3 9,046 1.2 488,012 4.6
Car, as passenger 36 3.4 34,003 4.6 489,922 4.6
Worked at home 26 2.5 32,679 4.4 503,582 4.7
Bus 21 2.0 29,592 4.0 323,201 3.0
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People who travelled to work by public transport 123 11.5 53,457 7.2 1,225,668 11.5
People who travelled to work by car as driver or passenger 768 72.0 539,409 72.3 7,305,271 68.4

In Cheltenham (SA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.8%, Train 7.3%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Worked at home 2.5% and Bus 2.0%. On the day, 11.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 1,304 69.3 982,036 71.0 13,143,914 69.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 450 24.0 380,737 27.5 5,259,400 27.6
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 231 12.3 168,496 12.2 2,145,203 11.3
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 331 17.6 295,670 21.4 3,620,726 19.0

In Cheltenham (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.0% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.6% 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
Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Less than 5 hours per week 415 22.0 299,651 21.7 4,298,593 22.6
5 to 14 hours per week 514 27.3 379,617 27.4 4,944,578 26.0
15 to 29 hours per week 207 11.0 174,791 12.6 2,189,776 11.5
30 hours or more per week 170 9.0 127,972 9.2 1,710,970 9.0

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Cheltenham (SA), 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

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Families

family composition | employment status of couple families

Family composition

Family composition Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Couple family without children 200 35.0 178,588 40.2 2,291,987 37.8
Couple family with children 263 46.1 184,733 41.6 2,716,224 44.7
One parent family 102 17.9 73,128 16.5 959,543 15.8
Other family 6 1.1 7,282 1.6 102,559 1.7

Of the families in Cheltenham (SA), 46.1% were couple families with children, 35.0% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

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Single (or lone) parents
Proportion of the total single (or lone) parent population
Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Male -- 20.2 -- 19.4 -- 18.2
Female -- 79.8 -- 80.6 -- 81.8

In Cheltenham (SA), 20.2% of single parents were male and 79.8% 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
Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Both employed, worked full-time 87 18.8 67,049 18.5 1,084,006 21.6
Both employed, worked part-time 16 3.4 16,589 4.6 203,596 4.1
One employed full-time, one part-time 111 23.9 83,567 23.0 1,086,460 21.7
One employed full-time, other not working 61 13.1 47,483 13.1 749,886 15.0
One employed part-time, other not working 30 6.5 23,992 6.6 302,037 6.0
Both not working 97 20.9 84,108 23.1 1,006,697 20.1
Other (includes away from work) 28 6.0 18,943 5.2 264,145 5.3
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family) 34 7.3 21,592 5.9 311,381 6.2

In Cheltenham (SA), of couple families with children, 18.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 23.9% 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 Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Occupied private dwellings 854 93.6 638,782 87.4 8,286,073 88.8
Unoccupied private dwellings 58 6.4 92,242 12.6 1,039,874 11.2

In Cheltenham (SA), 93.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.4% were unoccupied.

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Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings
Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Separate house 706 82.7 496,799 77.8 6,041,788 72.9
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 138 16.2 94,510 14.8 1,055,016 12.7
Flat or apartment 7 0.8 42,003 6.6 1,087,434 13.1
Other dwelling 0 0.0 3,016 0.5 64,425 0.8

Of occupied private dwellings in Cheltenham (SA), 82.7% were separate houses, 16.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

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Number of bedrooms
Occupied private dwellings
Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
None (includes bedsitters) 3 0.3 1,611 0.3 39,769 0.5
1 bedroom 8 0.9 21,505 3.4 411,252 5.0
2 bedrooms 260 30.1 118,792 18.6 1,562,759 18.9
3 bedrooms 423 49.0 333,035 52.1 3,403,190 41.1
4 or more bedrooms 150 17.4 150,400 23.5 2,670,758 32.2
Number of bedrooms not stated 19 2.2 13,455 2.1 198,351 2.4
Average number of bedrooms per dwelling 2.9 -- 3 -- 3.1 --
Average number of people per household 2.4 -- 2.4 -- 2.6 --

In Cheltenham (SA), of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 30.1% had 2 bedrooms and 49.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

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Tenure
Occupied private dwellings
Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Owned outright 304 35.5 205,531 32.2 2,565,695 31.0
Owned with a mortgage 340 39.7 225,670 35.3 2,855,222 34.5
Rented 193 22.5 182,180 28.5 2,561,302 30.9
Other tenure type 6 0.7 9,847 1.5 78,994 1.0
Tenure type not stated 13 1.5 15,566 2.4 224,869 2.7

Of occupied private dwellings in Cheltenham (SA), 35.5% were owned outright, 39.7% were owned with a mortgage and 22.5% were rented.

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Household composition

Household composition Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Family households 574 66.7 436,817 68.4 5,907,625 71.3
Single (or lone) person households 263 30.6 179,119 28.0 2,023,542 24.4
Group households 23 2.7 22,855 3.6 354,917 4.3

In Cheltenham (SA), of all households, 66.7% were family households, 30.6% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

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Household income Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Less than $650 gross weekly income -- 23.1 -- 23.8 -- 20.0
More than $3,000 gross weekly income -- 10.8 -- 10.7 -- 16.4

In Cheltenham (SA), 23.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 10.8% 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 Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Median rent 260 -- 260 -- 335 --
Households where rent payments are less than 30% of household income -- 92.4 -- 89.8 -- 88.5
Households with rent payments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 7.6 -- 10.2 -- 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 Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Median mortgage repayments 1,517 -- 1,491 -- 1,755 --
Households where mortgage repayments are less than 30% of household income -- 93.2 -- 93.4 -- 92.8
Households with mortgage repayments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 6.8 -- 6.6 -- 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 Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
None 80 9.3 47,848 7.5 623,829 7.5
1 motor vehicle 303 35.3 228,940 35.8 2,881,485 34.8
2 motor vehicles 282 32.8 229,930 36.0 2,999,184 36.2
3 or more vehicles 169 19.7 112,047 17.5 1,496,382 18.1
Number of motor vehicles not stated 25 2.9 20,017 3.1 285,197 3.4

In Cheltenham (SA), 35.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

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Internet connection

Dwelling internet connection Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Internet not accessed from dwelling 168 19.5 108,737 17.0 1,172,415 14.1
Internet accessed from dwelling 674 78.4 515,114 80.6 6,892,165 83.2
Not stated 18 2.1 14,941 2.3 221,494 2.7

In Cheltenham (SA), 78.4% 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.
Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Male 19 44.2 16,891 49.4 322,171 49.6
Female 24 55.8 17,292 50.6 326,996 50.4
Median age 31 -- 23 -- 23 --

In Cheltenham (SA), 44.2% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 55.8% were female. The median age was 31 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
Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 2 -- 3 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 0.7 -- 1 -- 1 --
Median weekly household income 1,083 -- 1,014 -- 1,203 --

In Cheltenham (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2 persons, with 0.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,083.

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Mortgage and rent
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Cheltenham (SA) % Cheltenham (SA) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 165 -- 220 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 1,430 -- 1,387 -- 1,660 --

In Cheltenham (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $165 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,430.

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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.