Heidelberg Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,388 people in Heidelberg Heights of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Heidelberg Heights was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.7% of the population.

Of people in Heidelberg Heights aged 15 years and over, 38.9% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Heidelberg Heights was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Heidelberg Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Heidelberg Heights was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Heidelberg Heights 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.6% were in primary school, 17.0% in secondary school and 29.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Heidelberg Heights were Australian 21.0%, English 19.6%, Irish 8.1%, Italian 6.7% and Scottish 6.1%.

In Heidelberg Heights, 64.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 3.3%, England 2.3%, Italy 2.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.2% and Somalia 1.4%.

In Heidelberg Heights, 44.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 43.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Heidelberg Heights were Catholic 26.8%, No Religion 25.1%, Anglican 10.2%, Islam 5.7% and Eastern Orthodox 5.3%.

In Heidelberg Heights 65.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.8%, Greek 3.1%, Somali 2.9%, Mandarin 2.4% and Arabic 1.7%.

Employment

There were 3,158 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Heidelberg Heights. Of these 59.6% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Heidelberg Heights, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Heidelberg Heights was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Heidelberg Heights included Professionals 29.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.7%, Managers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 7.7%, Labourers 7.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Heidelberg Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 8.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, School Education 4.3%, Tertiary Education 3.9% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Heidelberg Heights was $560.

In Heidelberg Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.4%, Train 5.9%, Walked only 4.6%, Car, as passenger 4.2% and Bus 2.4%. On the day, 15.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Heidelberg Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.1% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.5% 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 Heidelberg Heights, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Heidelberg Heights, 39.1% were couple families with children, 35.3% were couple families without children and 22.6% were one parent families.

In Heidelberg Heights 18.5% of single parents were male and 81.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Heidelberg Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,289 and those without children was $2,243.

Employment status of couple families

In Heidelberg Heights, of couple families with children, 24.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 20.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Heidelberg Heights, 92.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Heidelberg Heights, 69.1% were separate houses, 15.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Heidelberg Heights, of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 34.4% had 2 bedrooms and 46.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Heidelberg Heights, 28.2% were owned outright, 28.8% were owned with a mortgage and 39.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Heidelberg Heights, of all households, 62.2% were family households, 31.5% were single person households and 6.3% were group households.

In Heidelberg Heights, 28.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.6% 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 Heidelberg Heights, 41.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Heidelberg Heights, there were 63 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 30 (or 47.6%) were male and 33 (or 52.4%) 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 Heidelberg Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,042.

In Heidelberg Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $290 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,200.