Pendle Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,663 people in Pendle Hill of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Pendle Hill was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.3% of the population.

Of people in Pendle Hill aged 15 years and over, 53.0% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pendle Hill was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Pendle Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pendle Hill was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Pendle Hill 31.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.3% were in primary school, 15.2% in secondary school and 20.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pendle Hill were Indian 14.8%, English 14.0%, Australian 13.7%, Chinese 4.2% and Irish 3.8%.

In Pendle Hill, 43.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 14.0%, Sri Lanka 9.2%, Philippines 2.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.1% and New Zealand 2.1%.

In Pendle Hill, 23.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 70.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pendle Hill were Hinduism 24.9%, Catholic 24.4%, Anglican 10.3%, No Religion 8.2% and Islam 4.4%.

In Pendle Hill 40.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tamil 12.7%, Hindi 4.5%, Arabic 4.4%, Gujarati 4.2% and Punjabi 2.1%.

Employment

There were 2,927 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pendle Hill. Of these 64.1% were employed full time, 23.0% were employed part-time and 8.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pendle Hill, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pendle Hill was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Pendle Hill included Professionals 23.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.8%, Labourers 9.1%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Managers 8.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Pendle Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 3.9%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.5%, School Education 3.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1% and Computer System Design and Related Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pendle Hill was $501.

In Pendle Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.2%, Train 21.0%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Train, bus 2.9% and Walked only 2.0%. On the day, 27.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pendle Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.4% 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, 10.9% 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 Pendle Hill, 21.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pendle Hill, 51.5% were couple families with children, 30.7% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In Pendle Hill 18.9% of single parents were male and 81.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pendle Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,232 and those without children was $2,040.

Employment status of couple families

In Pendle Hill, of couple families with children, 24.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 15.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pendle Hill, 94.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pendle Hill, 50.5% were separate houses, 18.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 29.9% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Pendle Hill, of occupied private dwellings 7.2% had 1 bedroom, 38.2% had 2 bedrooms and 36.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pendle Hill, 23.6% were owned outright, 30.8% were owned with a mortgage and 40.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Pendle Hill, of all households, 71.3% were family households, 26.4% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Pendle Hill, 26.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.7% 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 Pendle Hill, 46.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pendle Hill, there were 48 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 30 (or 62.5%) were male and 18 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Pendle Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $840.

In Pendle Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $238 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,795.