Adamstown Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,174 people in Adamstown Heights of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Adamstown Heights was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.6% of the population.

Of people in Adamstown Heights aged 15 years and over, 60.1% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Adamstown Heights was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Adamstown Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Adamstown Heights was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Adamstown Heights 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 22.2% in secondary school and 24.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Adamstown Heights were Australian 30.1%, English 29.5%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 8.7% and German 2.9%.

In Adamstown Heights, 83.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.6%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.6%, New Zealand 1.1%, Italy 0.8% and Germany 0.5%.

In Adamstown Heights, 70.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Adamstown Heights were Catholic 27.7%, Anglican 22.2%, No Religion 19.5%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Eastern Orthodox 4.6%.

In Adamstown Heights 88.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Macedonian 2.7%, Italian 0.9%, Greek 0.9%, German 0.6% and Spanish 0.4%.

Employment

There were 2,594 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Adamstown Heights. Of these 56.2% were employed full time, 35.2% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Adamstown Heights, 14.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Adamstown Heights was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Adamstown Heights included Professionals 31.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.2%, Managers 10.9%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%, Labourers 6.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Adamstown Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.1%, Hospitals 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Tertiary Education 3.6% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Adamstown Heights was $626.

In Adamstown Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Bicycle 1.9%, Bus 1.6% and Walked only 1.6%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Adamstown Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.2% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.2% 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 Adamstown Heights, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Adamstown Heights, 45.1% were couple families with children, 41.9% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

In Adamstown Heights 20.8% of single parents were male and 79.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Adamstown Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,611 and those without children was $2,447.

Employment status of couple families

In Adamstown Heights, of couple families with children, 17.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 24.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Adamstown Heights, 95.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Adamstown Heights, 96.3% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Adamstown Heights, of occupied private dwellings 1.2% had 1 bedroom, 9.3% had 2 bedrooms and 54.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Adamstown Heights, 48.1% were owned outright, 35.8% were owned with a mortgage and 13.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Adamstown Heights, of all households, 78.5% were family households, 19.6% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Adamstown Heights, 18.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.7% 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 Adamstown Heights, 34.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Adamstown Heights, there were 81 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 43 (or 53.1%) were male and 38 (or 46.9%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Adamstown Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,333.

In Adamstown Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $335 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.