Quakers Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 26,166 people in Quakers Hill of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Quakers Hill was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.0% of the population.

Of people in Quakers Hill aged 15 years and over, 56.2% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Quakers Hill was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Quakers Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Quakers Hill was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Quakers Hill 32.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.3% were in primary school, 24.7% in secondary school and 22.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Quakers Hill were Australian 22.0%, English 18.4%, Indian 8.0%, Filipino 6.7% and Irish 5.1%.

In Quakers Hill, 60.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 8.0%, Philippines 6.2%, England 2.2%, New Zealand 1.9% and Sri Lanka 1.8%.

In Quakers Hill, 37.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 52.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Quakers Hill were Catholic 34.8%, Anglican 15.6%, No Religion 11.3%, Hinduism 7.0% and Sikhism 3.6%.

In Quakers Hill 63.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 3.9%, Punjabi 3.4%, Hindi 3.2%, Filipino 1.8% and Arabic 1.8%.

Employment

There were 14,296 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Quakers Hill. Of these 65.2% were employed full time, 23.7% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Quakers Hill, 8.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Quakers Hill was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Quakers Hill included Professionals 20.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Managers 10.5%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Labourers 8.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Quakers Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Hospitals 3.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Quakers Hill was $695.

In Quakers Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.8%, Train 12.0%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Train, car as driver 1.9% and Train, bus 1.8%. On the day, 18.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Quakers Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.5% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.4% 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 Quakers Hill, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Quakers Hill, 58.1% were couple families with children, 25.4% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In Quakers Hill 14.7% of single parents were male and 85.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Quakers Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,359 and those without children was $2,185.

Employment status of couple families

In Quakers Hill, of couple families with children, 31.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Quakers Hill, 96.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Quakers Hill, 81.0% were separate houses, 18.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Quakers Hill, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 3.0% had 2 bedrooms and 52.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Quakers Hill, 21.3% were owned outright, 51.8% were owned with a mortgage and 25.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Quakers Hill, of all households, 85.6% were family households, 12.5% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Quakers Hill, 12.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.1% 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 Quakers Hill, 33.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Quakers Hill, there were 400 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 196 (or 49.0%) were male and 204 (or 51.0%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Quakers Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,115.

In Quakers Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $205 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,585.