Allambie Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,742 people in Allambie Heights of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Allambie Heights was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.0% of the population.

Of people in Allambie Heights aged 15 years and over, 56.7% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Allambie Heights was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Allambie Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Allambie Heights was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Allambie Heights 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.9% were in primary school, 21.8% in secondary school and 18.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Allambie Heights were English 29.5%, Australian 27.2%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 6.7% and Italian 3.9%.

In Allambie Heights, 71.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.3%, New Zealand 1.7%, Italy 1.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.2% and Germany 1.1%.

In Allambie Heights, 50.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Allambie Heights were Catholic 29.5%, No Religion 23.2%, Anglican 22.7%, Uniting Church 3.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Allambie Heights 83.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.8%, German 1.3%, Mandarin 1.1%, Spanish 0.9% and Greek 0.8%.

Employment

There were 3,302 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Allambie Heights. Of these 58.8% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Allambie Heights, 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Allambie Heights was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Allambie Heights included Professionals 25.3%, Managers 16.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.3%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Labourers 6.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Allambie Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.1%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.3%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.5% and Hospitals 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Allambie Heights was $631.

In Allambie Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.6%, Bus 11.4%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Walked only 3.8% and Motorbike/scooter 1.5%. On the day, 15.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Allambie Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.0% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.5% 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 Allambie Heights, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Allambie Heights, 56.6% were couple families with children, 30.4% were couple families without children and 11.6% were one parent families.

In Allambie Heights 18.6% of single parents were male and 81.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Allambie Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,897 and those without children was $2,484.

Employment status of couple families

In Allambie Heights, of couple families with children, 18.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 28.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Allambie Heights, 93.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Allambie Heights, 82.7% were separate houses, 2.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Allambie Heights, of occupied private dwellings 7.5% had 1 bedroom, 8.2% had 2 bedrooms and 38.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Allambie Heights, 36.5% were owned outright, 40.6% were owned with a mortgage and 18.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Allambie Heights, of all households, 77.4% were family households, 20.8% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Allambie Heights, 20.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.1% 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 Allambie Heights, 32.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Allambie Heights, there were 50 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 34.0%) were male and 33 (or 66.0%) 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 Allambie Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,708.

In Allambie Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,592.