Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,587 people in Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW) of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.8% of the population.

Of people in Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW) aged 15 years and over, 37.7% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW) was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 38.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW) was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW) 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.1% were in primary school, 13.1% in secondary school and 37.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW) were Australian 19.8%, English 19.5%, Irish 8.7%, Chinese 7.7% and Scottish 6.5%.

In Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), 58.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.7%, England 3.8%, New Zealand 2.5%, Nepal 1.9% and Philippines 1.8%.

In Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), 37.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 48.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW) were No Religion 34.0%, Catholic 24.5%, Anglican 10.5%, Buddhism 3.9% and Hinduism 3.2%.

In Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW) 65.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 5.5%, Italian 2.2%, Cantonese 2.0%, Greek 1.9% and Nepali 1.7%.

Employment

There were 3,959 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW). Of these 64.0% were employed full time, 26.2% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW) was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW) included Professionals 39.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Managers 13.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, Sales Workers 7.1%, Labourers 4.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Tertiary Education 4.7%, Hospitals 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW) was $822.

In Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 33.8%, Train 33.5%, Walked only 4.5%, Train, bus 3.8% and Bus 2.7%. On the day, 42.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 36.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.0% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), 41.5% were couple families with children, 41.7% were couple families without children and 13.8% were one parent families.

In Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW) 15.3% of single parents were male and 84.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,964 and those without children was $2,403.

Employment status of couple families

In Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), of couple families with children, 31.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 22.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), 24.0% were separate houses, 17.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 57.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

In Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), of occupied private dwellings 16.8% had 1 bedroom, 49.3% had 2 bedrooms and 20.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.2. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), 20.5% were owned outright, 28.8% were owned with a mortgage and 48.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), of all households, 58.5% were family households, 33.4% were single person households and 8.1% were group households.

In Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), 15.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.8% 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 Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), 52.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 19.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 3.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), there were 45 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 42.2%) were male and 26 (or 57.8%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,406.

In Summer Hill (Ashfield - NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $348 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $5,084.