Boronia Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,604 people in Boronia Heights of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Boronia Heights was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.1% of the population.

Of people in Boronia Heights aged 15 years and over, 42.2% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Boronia Heights was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Boronia Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.2% 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 Boronia Heights was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Boronia Heights 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.9% were in primary school, 22.3% in secondary school and 14.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Boronia Heights were Australian 28.2%, English 27.7%, Scottish 6.5%, Irish 6.3% and German 4.3%.

In Boronia Heights, 71.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 7.4%, England 3.4%, Philippines 1.1%, India 0.9% and Fiji 0.7%.

In Boronia Heights, 54.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Boronia Heights were No Religion 26.0%, Catholic 21.7%, Anglican 18.1%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Christian, nfd 3.3%.

In Boronia Heights 83.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 1.3%, Hindi 0.8%, Urdu 0.8%, German 0.7% and Mandarin 0.5%.

Employment

There were 3,638 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Boronia Heights. Of these 60.8% were employed full time, 25.8% were employed part-time and 8.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Boronia Heights, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Boronia Heights was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Boronia Heights included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.5%, Labourers 14.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Professionals 8.8% and Managers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Boronia Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.6%, School Education 3.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.9% and Child Care Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Boronia Heights was $547.

In Boronia Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.7%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Bus 3.5%, Truck 1.9% and Walked only 1.0%. On the day, 6.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Boronia Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.0% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.8% 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 Boronia Heights, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Boronia Heights, 45.1% were couple families with children, 28.4% were couple families without children and 24.8% were one parent families.

In Boronia Heights 17.0% of single parents were male and 83.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Boronia Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,867 and those without children was $1,740.

Employment status of couple families

In Boronia Heights, of couple families with children, 24.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 21.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Boronia Heights, 94.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boronia Heights, 93.2% were separate houses, 6.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Boronia Heights, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 3.7% had 2 bedrooms and 55.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boronia Heights, 15.5% were owned outright, 44.4% were owned with a mortgage and 36.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Boronia Heights, of all households, 78.8% were family households, 17.7% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Boronia Heights, 19.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 Boronia Heights, 34.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Boronia Heights, there were 207 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 92 (or 44.4%) were male and 115 (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 Boronia Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,312.

In Boronia Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $330 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,603.