Revesby Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,368 people in Revesby Heights of these 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Revesby Heights was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.8% of the population.

Of people in Revesby Heights aged 15 years and over, 57.5% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Revesby Heights was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Revesby Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Revesby Heights was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Revesby Heights 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.6% were in primary school, 22.7% in secondary school and 19.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Revesby Heights were Australian 28.1%, English 21.6%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 6.4% and Greek 3.9%.

In Revesby Heights, 80.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.9%, Lebanon 1.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.1%, New Zealand 1.0% and Italy 0.9%.

In Revesby Heights, 57.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Revesby Heights were Catholic 36.6%, Anglican 20.6%, No Religion 12.5%, Eastern Orthodox 6.9% and Uniting Church 3.1%.

In Revesby Heights 77.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 3.1%, Greek 2.8%, Italian 2.2%, Macedonian 1.2% and Croatian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 724 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Revesby Heights. Of these 60.2% were employed full time, 29.1% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Revesby Heights, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Revesby Heights was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Revesby Heights included Professionals 21.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Managers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Labourers 5.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Revesby Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Building Installation Services 2.9%, Public Order and Safety Services 2.9% and Hospitals 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Revesby Heights was $665.

In Revesby Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.8%, Train 10.4%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Train, bus 1.7% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 15.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Revesby Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.0% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.7% 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 Revesby Heights, 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Revesby Heights, 60.4% were couple families with children, 26.4% were couple families without children and 13.2% were one parent families.

In Revesby Heights 18.9% of single parents were male and 81.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Revesby Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,491 and those without children was $2,132.

Employment status of couple families

In Revesby Heights, of couple families with children, 22.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 26.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Revesby Heights, 94.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Revesby Heights, 87.8% were separate houses, 11.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Revesby Heights, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.9% had 2 bedrooms and 53.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Revesby Heights, 40.0% were owned outright, 46.2% were owned with a mortgage and 10.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Revesby Heights, of all households, 79.9% were family households, 18.8% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Revesby Heights, 17.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.9% 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 Revesby Heights, 28.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Revesby Heights, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 40.0%) were male and 12 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Revesby Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Revesby Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $430 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,467.