Orchard Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,912 people in Orchard Hills of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Orchard Hills was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.7% of the population.

Of people in Orchard Hills aged 15 years and over, 55.5% were married and 6.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Orchard Hills was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Orchard Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Orchard Hills was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Orchard Hills 33.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.6% were in primary school, 33.0% in secondary school and 19.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Orchard Hills were Australian 23.6%, English 17.6%, Maltese 12.6%, Italian 8.9% and Irish 5.1%.

In Orchard Hills, 72.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Malta 3.8%, England 2.8%, Italy 2.2%, Greece 1.1% and Lebanon 0.9%.

In Orchard Hills, 44.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 41.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Orchard Hills were Catholic 52.0%, Anglican 15.4%, No Religion 6.8%, Eastern Orthodox 4.5% and Pentecostal 3.0%.

In Orchard Hills 73.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maltese 5.2%, Italian 4.8%, Arabic 3.3%, Greek 2.3% and Croatian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 979 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Orchard Hills. Of these 61.3% were employed full time, 28.9% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Orchard Hills, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.6% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Orchard Hills included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.9%, Managers 15.6%, Professionals 15.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Sales Workers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.3%, Labourers 7.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Orchard Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.3%, School Education 4.7%, Building Installation Services 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Orchard Hills was $594.

In Orchard Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.8%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Truck 5.1%, Train 3.0% and Walked only 2.1%. On the day, 5.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Orchard Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.4% 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 Orchard Hills, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Orchard Hills, 59.8% were couple families with children, 28.1% were couple families without children and 11.3% were one parent families.

In Orchard Hills 24.5% of single parents were male and 75.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Orchard Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,648 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Orchard Hills, of couple families with children, 24.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 23.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Orchard Hills, 92.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Orchard Hills, 98.3% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Orchard Hills, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 3.6% had 2 bedrooms and 21.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4.1. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Orchard Hills, 51.0% were owned outright, 33.5% were owned with a mortgage and 12.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Orchard Hills, of all households, 89.2% were family households, 9.9% were single person households and 0.9% were group households.

In Orchard Hills, 12.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.8% 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 Orchard Hills, 14.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 49.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Orchard Hills, there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 46.2%) were male and 14 (or 53.8%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Orchard Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Orchard Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,117.