Delroy Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 470 people in Delroy Heights of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Delroy Heights was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.3% of the population.

Of people in Delroy Heights aged 15 years and over, 56.0% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Delroy Heights was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Delroy Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Delroy Heights was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Delroy Heights 28.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 11.3% were in primary school, 26.3% in secondary school and 16.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Delroy Heights were Australian 36.7%, English 33.3%, Scottish 8.1%, Irish 6.6% and Dutch 1.9%.

In Delroy Heights, 86.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, Netherlands 0.8%, Germany 0.6%, New Zealand 0.6% and Scotland 0.6%.

In Delroy Heights, 85.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Delroy Heights were Catholic 29.7%, Anglican 25.1%, No Religion 13.0%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3%.

In Delroy Heights 91.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Dutch 0.6%.

Employment

There were 253 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Delroy Heights. Of these 59.3% were employed full time, 28.9% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Delroy Heights, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Delroy Heights was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Delroy Heights included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Professionals 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Sales Workers 12.9%, Managers 12.5%, Labourers 11.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Delroy Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 8.9%, School Education 5.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.9%, Hospitals 4.9% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Delroy Heights was $546.

In Delroy Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.3%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Truck 3.2%, Walked only 2.0% and Car as driver, truck 1.6%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Delroy Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.3% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.3% 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 Delroy Heights, 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Delroy Heights, 46.3% were couple families with children, 43.3% were couple families without children and 8.2% were one parent families.

In Delroy Heights 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Delroy Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,471 and those without children was $1,937.

Employment status of couple families

In Delroy Heights, of couple families with children, 25.6% had both partners employed full-time, 7.4% had both employed part-time and 14.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Delroy Heights, 96.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Delroy Heights, 96.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Delroy Heights, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 15.6% had 2 bedrooms and 39.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Delroy Heights, 46.7% were owned outright, 43.1% were owned with a mortgage and 10.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Delroy Heights, of all households, 75.9% were family households, 22.3% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Delroy Heights, 21.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.3% 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 Delroy Heights, 27.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Delroy Heights, there were 34 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 52.9%) were male and 16 (or 47.1%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Delroy Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,937.

In Delroy Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,957.