Notting Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,161 people in Notting Hill of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Notting Hill was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.7% of the population.

Of people in Notting Hill aged 15 years and over, 38.0% were married and 6.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Notting Hill was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Notting Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Notting Hill was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Notting Hill 43.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 11.5% were in primary school, 8.0% in secondary school and 51.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Notting Hill were Chinese 20.1%, English 15.2%, Australian 12.7%, Irish 4.4% and Scottish 3.6%.

In Notting Hill, 39.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 10.4%, Malaysia 5.9%, Sri Lanka 3.9%, India 3.1% and Singapore 2.8%.

In Notting Hill, 26.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 65.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Notting Hill were No Religion 29.7%, Catholic 15.6%, Buddhism 9.7%, Anglican 6.4% and Islam 6.4%.

In Notting Hill 46.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 14.8%, Cantonese 3.6%, Sinhalese 3.2%, Vietnamese 2.6% and Greek 1.9%.

Employment

There were 978 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Notting Hill. Of these 57.5% were employed full time, 27.6% were employed part-time and 10.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Notting Hill, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Notting Hill was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 32 years.

The most common occupations in Notting Hill included Professionals 31.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7%, Managers 8.3%, Labourers 7.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Notting Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 8.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, School Education 3.5%, Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 2.8% and Computer System Design and Related Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Notting Hill was $433.

In Notting Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.2%, Walked only 7.4%, Train 3.9%, Car, as passenger 3.4% and Bus 2.3%. 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 65.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Notting Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.0% provided care for children and 7.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.5% 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 Notting Hill, 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Notting Hill, 38.1% were couple families with children, 41.5% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Notting Hill 20.3% of single parents were male and 79.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Notting Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,978 and those without children was $1,959.

Employment status of couple families

In Notting Hill, of couple families with children, 21.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 14.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Notting Hill, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Notting Hill, 63.2% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 35.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Notting Hill, of occupied private dwellings 17.3% had 1 bedroom, 19.9% had 2 bedrooms and 41.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Notting Hill, 26.9% were owned outright, 23.9% were owned with a mortgage and 46.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Notting Hill, of all households, 58.8% were family households, 30.0% were single person households and 11.2% were group households.

In Notting Hill, 29.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.6% 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 Notting Hill, 42.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Notting Hill, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Notting Hill, 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 Notting Hill, 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.