Burnside Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,000 people in Burnside Heights of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Burnside Heights was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.0% of the population.

Of people in Burnside Heights aged 15 years and over, 60.0% were married and 8.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Burnside Heights was 37 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Burnside Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Burnside Heights was 37 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Burnside Heights 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.9% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 16.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Burnside Heights were Australian 11.5%, English 10.2%, Filipino 7.4%, Indian 6.3% and Maltese 5.7%.

In Burnside Heights, 50.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 6.7%, India 5.5%, Vietnam 4.5%, New Zealand 2.0% and Sri Lanka 1.9%.

In Burnside Heights, 18.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 71.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Burnside Heights were Catholic 34.7%, No Religion 12.1%, Eastern Orthodox 9.0%, Islam 9.0% and Buddhism 7.5%.

In Burnside Heights 42.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 6.8%, Macedonian 3.3%, Tagalog 3.2%, Filipino 3.0% and Spanish 2.4%.

Employment

There were 2,654 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Burnside Heights. Of these 65.4% were employed full time, 22.0% were employed part-time and 6.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Burnside Heights, 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Burnside Heights was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Burnside Heights included Professionals 18.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.4%, Labourers 11.2%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Managers 9.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Burnside Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 3.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.4%, Hospitals 3.3% and Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Burnside Heights was $709.

In Burnside Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.3%, Train 5.7%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Train, car as driver 2.2% and Train, bus 1.0%. On the day, 11.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Burnside Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.6% 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, 9.3% 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 Burnside Heights, 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Burnside Heights, 59.2% were couple families with children, 26.8% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Burnside Heights 10.9% of single parents were male and 89.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Burnside Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,107 and those without children was $2,080.

Employment status of couple families

In Burnside Heights, of couple families with children, 30.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 20.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Burnside Heights, 93.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burnside Heights, 94.7% were separate houses, 4.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Burnside Heights, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 1.5% had 2 bedrooms and 41.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burnside Heights, 9.5% were owned outright, 69.0% were owned with a mortgage and 18.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Burnside Heights, of all households, 88.1% were family households, 9.0% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Burnside Heights, 9.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.6% 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 Burnside Heights, 24.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Burnside Heights, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 76.5%) were male and 4 (or 23.5%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Burnside Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,583.

In Burnside Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.