Camp Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,533 people in Camp Hill of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Camp Hill was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.3% of the population.

Of people in Camp Hill aged 15 years and over, 51.1% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Camp Hill was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Camp Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Camp Hill was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Camp Hill 29.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.0% were in primary school, 17.3% in secondary school and 25.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Camp Hill were Australian 27.1%, English 26.2%, Irish 12.2%, Scottish 8.1% and German 3.9%.

In Camp Hill, 79.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.1%, England 3.0%, India 1.0%, Italy 0.7% and South Africa 0.6%.

In Camp Hill, 62.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Camp Hill were Catholic 34.7%, No Religion 21.6%, Anglican 16.1%, Uniting Church 5.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Camp Hill 88.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.2%, Greek 0.9%, Spanish 0.6%, Punjabi 0.5% and Vietnamese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 5,968 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Camp Hill. Of these 64.2% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Camp Hill, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Camp Hill was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Camp Hill included Professionals 32.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Managers 15.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.0%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.6%, Labourers 4.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Camp Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.9%, Hospitals 5.5%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.9%, State Government Administration 3.9% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Camp Hill was $856.

In Camp Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.7%, Bus 12.3%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Walked only 1.8% and Bicycle 1.6%. On the day, 16.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Camp Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.4% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.2% 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 Camp Hill, 31.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Camp Hill, 51.1% were couple families with children, 34.5% were couple families without children and 12.4% were one parent families.

In Camp Hill 16.0% of single parents were male and 84.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Camp Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,914 and those without children was $2,591.

Employment status of couple families

In Camp Hill, of couple families with children, 29.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 28.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Camp Hill, 93.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Camp Hill, 84.4% were separate houses, 4.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Camp Hill, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 18.1% had 2 bedrooms and 44.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Camp Hill, 28.9% were owned outright, 39.6% were owned with a mortgage and 29.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Camp Hill, of all households, 72.0% were family households, 22.4% were single person households and 5.6% were group households.

In Camp Hill, 15.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.5% 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 Camp Hill, 34.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Camp Hill, there were 119 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 67 (or 56.3%) were male and 52 (or 43.7%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Camp Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,478.

In Camp Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $323 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,817.