Croydon Hills - Warranwood

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 18,015 people in Croydon Hills - Warranwood of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Croydon Hills - Warranwood was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.7% of the population.

Of people in Croydon Hills - Warranwood aged 15 years and over, 56.2% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Croydon Hills - Warranwood was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Croydon Hills - Warranwood, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Croydon Hills - Warranwood was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Croydon Hills - Warranwood 33.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.1% were in primary school, 29.1% in secondary school and 21.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Croydon Hills - Warranwood were Australian 30.3%, English 28.0%, Irish 7.6%, Scottish 7.3% and Italian 4.0%.

In Croydon Hills - Warranwood, 80.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, South Africa 1.1%, New Zealand 1.0%, Scotland 0.8% and Germany 0.7%.

In Croydon Hills - Warranwood, 60.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Croydon Hills - Warranwood were No Religion 26.4%, Catholic 24.2%, Anglican 15.5%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Baptist 3.6%.

In Croydon Hills - Warranwood 89.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.1%, Mandarin 0.6%, Greek 0.6%, Cantonese 0.5% and German 0.5%.

Employment

There were 10,236 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Croydon Hills - Warranwood. Of these 57.0% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Croydon Hills - Warranwood, 14.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Croydon Hills - Warranwood was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Croydon Hills - Warranwood included Professionals 21.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Managers 13.9%, Sales Workers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Labourers 5.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Croydon Hills - Warranwood, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.1%, Hospitals 3.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Building Installation Services 2.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Croydon Hills - Warranwood was $652.

In Croydon Hills - Warranwood, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.2%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Train 2.9%, Train, car as driver 1.9% and Truck 0.8%. On the day, 7.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Croydon Hills - Warranwood, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.1% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.7% 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 Croydon Hills - Warranwood, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Croydon Hills - Warranwood, 57.9% were couple families with children, 28.1% were couple families without children and 13.1% were one parent families.

In Croydon Hills - Warranwood 17.1% of single parents were male and 82.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Croydon Hills - Warranwood, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,452 and those without children was $2,248.

Employment status of couple families

In Croydon Hills - Warranwood, of couple families with children, 21.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 32.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Croydon Hills - Warranwood, 95.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Croydon Hills - Warranwood, 93.0% were separate houses, 6.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Croydon Hills - Warranwood, of occupied private dwellings 0.7% had 1 bedroom, 5.9% had 2 bedrooms and 44.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Croydon Hills - Warranwood, 34.2% were owned outright, 51.4% were owned with a mortgage and 12.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Croydon Hills - Warranwood, of all households, 85.8% were family households, 12.8% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Croydon Hills - Warranwood, 12.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.9% 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 Croydon Hills - Warranwood, 21.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Croydon Hills - Warranwood, there were 57 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 40.4%) were male and 34 (or 59.6%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Croydon Hills - Warranwood, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,700.

In Croydon Hills - Warranwood, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,894.