Harris Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,072 people in Harris Park of these 53.6% were male and 46.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Harris Park was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.6% of the population.

Of people in Harris Park aged 15 years and over, 57.7% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Harris Park was 33 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Harris Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Harris Park was 33 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Harris Park 32.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.6% were in primary school, 9.7% in secondary school and 31.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Harris Park were Indian 34.1%, English 7.7%, Chinese 6.7%, Australian 5.6% and Lebanese 5.3%.

In Harris Park, 21.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 39.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.7%, Lebanon 3.3%, Afghanistan 2.3% and Philippines 2.2%.

In Harris Park, 7.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 88.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Harris Park were Hinduism 37.0%, Catholic 15.1%, Islam 9.9%, No Religion 8.6% and Sikhism 5.7%.

In Harris Park 18.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Gujarati 20.4%, Hindi 8.3%, Punjabi 6.5%, Arabic 6.3% and Mandarin 3.3%.

Employment

There were 2,571 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Harris Park. Of these 59.0% were employed full time, 27.9% were employed part-time and 8.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Harris Park, 6.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Harris Park was 32 years and for people who were employed part-time was 29 years.

The most common occupations in Harris Park included Professionals 19.6%, Labourers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.5%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8% and Managers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Harris Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.3%, Hospitals 3.2% and Employment Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Harris Park was $489.

In Harris Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 38.8%, Train 26.8%, Walked only 7.5%, Bus 4.7% and Train, bus 4.6%. On the day, 38.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 43.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Harris Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.9% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.3% 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 Harris Park, 20.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Harris Park, 44.6% were couple families with children, 38.8% were couple families without children and 11.9% were one parent families.

In Harris Park 18.2% of single parents were male and 81.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Harris Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,661 and those without children was $1,488.

Employment status of couple families

In Harris Park, of couple families with children, 19.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% 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 Harris Park, 92.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Harris Park, 9.3% were separate houses, 3.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 87.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Harris Park, of occupied private dwellings 5.3% had 1 bedroom, 75.7% had 2 bedrooms and 10.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Harris Park, 10.5% were owned outright, 17.8% were owned with a mortgage and 66.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Harris Park, of all households, 68.3% were family households, 23.6% were single person households and 8.1% were group households.

In Harris Park, 23.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Harris Park, 55.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 14.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 2.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Harris Park, there were 24 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 62.5%) were male and 9 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Harris Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Harris Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.