Arana Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,313 people in Arana Hills of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Arana Hills was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.1% of the population.

Of people in Arana Hills aged 15 years and over, 53.7% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Arana Hills was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Arana Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Arana Hills was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Arana Hills 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.5% were in primary school, 22.2% in secondary school and 21.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Arana Hills were Australian 30.5%, English 28.0%, Irish 9.8%, Scottish 9.3% and German 4.9%.

In Arana Hills, 82.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 3.3%, South Africa 0.9%, Scotland 0.5% and Papua New Guinea 0.5%.

In Arana Hills, 66.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Arana Hills were Catholic 27.7%, No Religion 22.9%, Anglican 18.0%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Arana Hills 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.4%, Cantonese 0.4%, Hindi 0.4%, Afrikaans 0.3% and German 0.3%.

Employment

There were 3,545 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Arana Hills. Of these 62.6% were employed full time, 27.7% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Arana Hills, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Arana Hills was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Arana Hills included Professionals 24.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.7%, Managers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Labourers 6.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Arana Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Hospitals 6.3%, State Government Administration 4.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Arana Hills was $762.

In Arana Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.0%, Train 8.4%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Train, car as driver 3.3% and Walked only 1.4%. On the day, 15.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Arana Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.8% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.6% 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 Arana Hills, 32.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Arana Hills, 47.7% were couple families with children, 35.5% were couple families without children and 15.2% were one parent families.

In Arana Hills 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Arana Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,516 and those without children was $2,273.

Employment status of couple families

In Arana Hills, of couple families with children, 27.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 25.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Arana Hills, 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arana Hills, 88.5% were separate houses, 5.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Arana Hills, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 6.7% had 2 bedrooms and 53.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arana Hills, 30.3% were owned outright, 48.5% were owned with a mortgage and 19.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Arana Hills, of all households, 79.8% were family households, 17.5% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Arana Hills, 13.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.3% 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 Arana Hills, 34.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Arana Hills, there were 81 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 46 (or 56.8%) were male and 35 (or 43.2%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Arana Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,860.

In Arana Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $375 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.