Heatherbrae

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 492 people in Heatherbrae of these 57.3% were male and 42.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Heatherbrae was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.4% of the population.

Of people in Heatherbrae aged 15 years and over, 41.1% were married and 25.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Heatherbrae was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Heatherbrae, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Heatherbrae was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Heatherbrae 24.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.1% were in primary school, 17.1% in secondary school and 16.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Heatherbrae were English 34.1%, Australian 31.7%, Scottish 5.8%, Irish 5.4% and German 4.6%.

In Heatherbrae, 79.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.6%, England 2.0%, Pakistan 2.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.6% and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 0.6%.

In Heatherbrae, 75.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Heatherbrae were Anglican 32.0%, Catholic 22.6%, No Religion 12.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1% and Uniting Church 3.9%.

In Heatherbrae 85.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Urdu 2.2%, Italian 0.8%, Tagalog 0.8% and Mandarin 0.6%.

Employment

There were 215 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Heatherbrae. Of these 53.5% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 10.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Heatherbrae, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Heatherbrae was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Heatherbrae included Machinery Operators And Drivers 21.2%, Labourers 16.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.9%, Professionals 10.6%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Managers 9.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Heatherbrae, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Building Structure Services 3.7%, Building Installation Services 3.2% and Accommodation 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Heatherbrae was $398.

In Heatherbrae, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.8%, Walked only 6.3%, Car, as passenger 3.2%, Other 3.2% and 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 72.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Heatherbrae, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.4% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.8% 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 Heatherbrae, 19.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Heatherbrae, 27.7% were couple families with children, 53.8% were couple families without children and 16.2% were one parent families.

In Heatherbrae 36.8% of single parents were male and 63.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Heatherbrae, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,458 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Heatherbrae, of couple families with children, 12.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 16.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Heatherbrae, 96.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Heatherbrae, 49.2% were separate houses, 1.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 49.6% were other dwellings.

In Heatherbrae, of occupied private dwellings 22.9% had 1 bedroom, 26.7% had 2 bedrooms and 20.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Heatherbrae, 47.9% were owned outright, 11.6% were owned with a mortgage and 33.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Heatherbrae, of all households, 51.7% were family households, 45.0% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Heatherbrae, 42.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.3% 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 Heatherbrae, 51.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Heatherbrae, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 72.2%) were male and 5 (or 27.8%) were female. The median age was 61 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 Heatherbrae, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $733.

In Heatherbrae, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $433.