Chester Hill Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Chester Hill (2162) is a suburb of Sydney, Canterbury/Bankstown, New South Wales. It is about 19 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Chester Hill is in the federal electorate of Blaxland.

In the 2011 census the population of Chester Hill was 11,752 and is comprised of approximately 51.0% females and 49.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Chester Hill is 36 years of age.

54.8% of people living in the suburb of Chester Hill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 10.1% Vietnam, 6.5% Lebanon, 3.0% China , 1.6% New Zealand, 1.2% England, 1.1% Philippines, 0.9% Italy, 0.9% Iraq, 0.7% Fiji, 0.7% Korea, Republic of , 0.7% Greece, 0.6% India, 0.6% Poland, 0.6% Burma .

39.1% of people living in Chester Hill speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 20.0% Arabic, 11.9% Vietnamese, 5.5% Cantonese, 3.9% Other, 3.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.6% Mandarin, 1.4% Greek, 1.3% Italian, 1.0% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Chester Hill is 25.7% Catholic, 20.9% Islam, 12.4% Buddhism, 10.2% Anglican, 9.0% No religion, 4.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.8% Eastern Orthodox, 2.5% Baptist, 1.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.7% Pentecostal.

47.6% of people are married, 32.1% have never married and 9.1% are divorced and 4.1% are separated. There are 663 widowed people living in Chester Hill.

59.1% of the people living in Chester Hill over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 25.0% are working on a part time basis. Chester Hill has an unemployment rate of 9.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Chester Hill are 18.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.5% Technicians & trades workers, 14.3% Professionals, 11.8% Labourers, 11.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 9.2% Sales workers, 8.3% Community & personal service workers, 8.2% Managers, 2.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Chester Hill work in are 13.3% Manufacturing, 11.6% Retail trade, 9.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 9.4% Health care and social assistance, 8.5% Construction, 5.9% Education and training, 5.5% Accommodation and food services, 5.4% Wholesale trade, 5.1% Financial and insurance services.

31.2% of homes are fully owned, and 30.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 34.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $383 per week and the median household income is $935 per week.

The median rent in Chester Hill is $240 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2000 per month.

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