Meadow Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 14,843 people in Meadow Heights of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Meadow Heights was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.4% of the population.

Of people in Meadow Heights aged 15 years and over, 51.6% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Meadow Heights was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Meadow Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Meadow Heights was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Meadow Heights 37.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.0% were in primary school, 24.5% in secondary school and 17.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Meadow Heights were Turkish 23.2%, Australian 10.1%, English 8.9%, Lebanese 6.8% and Iraqi 5.0%.

In Meadow Heights, 49.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Turkey 12.8%, Iraq 8.8%, Lebanon 3.4%, Vietnam 2.9% and New Zealand 1.3%.

In Meadow Heights, 15.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 76.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Meadow Heights were Islam 42.1%, Catholic 26.5%, No Religion 6.7%, Anglican 3.6% and Eastern Orthodox 3.3%.

In Meadow Heights 24.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Turkish 26.3%, Arabic 15.5%, Vietnamese 5.0%, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 4.8% and Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 3.5%.

Employment

There were 4,968 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Meadow Heights. Of these 52.9% were employed full time, 27.4% were employed part-time and 12.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Meadow Heights, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Meadow Heights was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Meadow Heights included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.7%, Labourers 15.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Professionals 9.2% and Managers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Meadow Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Road Freight Transport 4.0%, School Education 3.8%, Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 3.3% and Building Completion Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Meadow Heights was $316.

In Meadow Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.9%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Train 4.1%, Truck 1.4% and Bus 1.0%. On the day, 8.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Meadow Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.0% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.0% 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 Meadow Heights, 15.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Meadow Heights, 57.2% were couple families with children, 18.1% were couple families without children and 23.2% were one parent families.

In Meadow Heights 14.2% of single parents were male and 85.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Meadow Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,771 and those without children was $1,439.

Employment status of couple families

In Meadow Heights, of couple families with children, 9.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.1% had both employed part-time and 9.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Meadow Heights, 95.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Meadow Heights, 81.0% were separate houses, 13.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Meadow Heights, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 5.3% had 2 bedrooms and 73.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Meadow Heights, 23.6% were owned outright, 43.4% were owned with a mortgage and 28.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Meadow Heights, of all households, 87.1% were family households, 11.3% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Meadow Heights, 31.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Meadow Heights, 33.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Meadow Heights, there were 108 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 48 (or 44.4%) were male and 60 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Meadow Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Meadow Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $167 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.