Highlands

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 219 people in Highlands of these 56.6% were male and 43.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Highlands was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.7% of the population.

Of people in Highlands aged 15 years and over, 56.3% were married and 21.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Highlands was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Highlands, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Highlands was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Highlands 25.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.5% were in primary school, 30.4% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Highlands were English 32.5%, Australian 27.1%, Irish 11.0%, Scottish 9.9% and German 2.7%.

In Highlands, 83.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, Malaysia 2.3%, Denmark 1.8%, Israel 1.4% and South Africa 1.4%.

In Highlands, 75.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Highlands were No Religion 38.9%, Catholic 16.3%, Anglican 11.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.3% and Uniting Church 5.4%.

In Highlands 90.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Danish 1.4% and Hebrew 1.4%.

Employment

There were 115 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Highlands. Of these 48.7% were employed full time, 32.2% were employed part-time and 9.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Highlands, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 17.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Highlands was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 57 years.

The most common occupations in Highlands included Managers 33.7%, Professionals 21.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Labourers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.8%, Sales Workers 3.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Highlands, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 21.2%, School Education 6.7%, Other Construction Services 4.8%, Medical Services 4.8% and Building Completion Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Highlands was $490.

In Highlands, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.4%, Walked only 7.6%, Ferry 2.9%, Car, as passenger 2.9% and Truck 2.9%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Highlands, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.6% provided care for children and 17.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.7% 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 Highlands, 28.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Highlands, 39.1% were couple families with children, 56.2% were couple families without children and 4.7% were one parent families.

In Highlands 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Highlands, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Highlands, of couple families with children, 14.5% had both partners employed full-time, 9.7% had both employed part-time and 16.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Highlands, 55.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 44.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Highlands, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Highlands, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 21.6% had 2 bedrooms and 40.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Highlands, 54.9% were owned outright, 31.9% were owned with a mortgage and 9.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Highlands, of all households, 70.3% were family households, 26.4% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Highlands, 33.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Highlands, 24.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Highlands, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Highlands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Highlands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.