Soldiers Hill (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,832 people in Soldiers Hill (Vic.) of these 47.2% were male and 52.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Soldiers Hill (Vic.) was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.7% of the population.

Of people in Soldiers Hill (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 38.9% were married and 13.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Soldiers Hill (Vic.) was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Soldiers Hill (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 39.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Soldiers Hill (Vic.) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Soldiers Hill (Vic.) 31.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.5% were in primary school, 15.6% in secondary school and 32.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Soldiers Hill (Vic.) were English 28.9%, Australian 27.5%, Irish 13.7%, Scottish 9.3% and German 3.4%.

In Soldiers Hill (Vic.), 84.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.4%, India 0.8%, New Zealand 0.7%, Italy 0.4% and Scotland 0.4%.

In Soldiers Hill (Vic.), 74.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Soldiers Hill (Vic.) were No Religion 33.0%, Catholic 26.9%, Anglican 9.7%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Soldiers Hill (Vic.) 89.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.5%, Italian 0.5%, Japanese 0.4%, Arabic 0.3% and Sinhalese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,473 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Soldiers Hill (Vic.). Of these 55.8% were employed full time, 33.0% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Soldiers Hill (Vic.), 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Soldiers Hill (Vic.) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Soldiers Hill (Vic.) included Professionals 29.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Managers 10.5%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Labourers 7.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Soldiers Hill (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, Hospitals 5.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6%, Tertiary Education 4.9% and Local Government Administration 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Soldiers Hill (Vic.) was $576.

In Soldiers Hill (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.8%, Walked only 7.1%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Train 4.0% and Bicycle 1.9%. On the day, 6.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Soldiers Hill (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 77.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.4% 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, 22.2% 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 Soldiers Hill (Vic.), 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Soldiers Hill (Vic.), 41.4% were couple families with children, 36.1% were couple families without children and 20.0% were one parent families.

In Soldiers Hill (Vic.) 15.5% of single parents were male and 84.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Soldiers Hill (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,225 and those without children was $1,944.

Employment status of couple families

In Soldiers Hill (Vic.), of couple families with children, 20.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 25.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Soldiers Hill (Vic.), 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Soldiers Hill (Vic.), 86.7% were separate houses, 7.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Soldiers Hill (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 27.4% had 2 bedrooms and 50.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Soldiers Hill (Vic.), 28.7% were owned outright, 34.2% were owned with a mortgage and 34.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Soldiers Hill (Vic.), of all households, 60.3% were family households, 32.9% were single person households and 6.7% were group households.

In Soldiers Hill (Vic.), 28.6% 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 Soldiers Hill (Vic.), 42.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Soldiers Hill (Vic.), there were 24 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 37.5%) were male and 15 (or 62.5%) 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 Soldiers Hill (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Soldiers Hill (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.