Centenary Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,878 people in Centenary Heights of these 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Centenary Heights was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.2% of the population.

Of people in Centenary Heights aged 15 years and over, 49.1% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Centenary Heights was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Centenary Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Centenary Heights was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Centenary Heights 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.0% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 22.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Centenary Heights were Australian 29.2%, English 28.2%, Irish 10.1%, German 8.3% and Scottish 8.1%.

In Centenary Heights, 83.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.9%, New Zealand 1.7%, South Africa 0.9%, Philippines 0.7% and Zimbabwe 0.6%.

In Centenary Heights, 75.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Centenary Heights were Catholic 26.1%, Anglican 20.1%, No Religion 15.9%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Christian, nfd 4.9%.

In Centenary Heights 90.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.7%, Afrikaans 0.4%, Malayalam 0.3%, Japanese 0.3% and Filipino 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,926 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Centenary Heights. Of these 60.2% were employed full time, 30.0% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Centenary Heights, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Centenary Heights was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Centenary Heights included Professionals 20.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Labourers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Managers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Centenary Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.7%, Hospitals 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Residential Care Services 3.3% and Tertiary Education 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Centenary Heights was $560.

In Centenary Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.1%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Walked only 2.3%, Motorbike/scooter 1.1% and Bicycle 1.0%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Centenary Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.7% 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 Centenary Heights, 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Centenary Heights, 37.7% were couple families with children, 41.8% were couple families without children and 18.8% were one parent families.

In Centenary Heights 18.6% of single parents were male and 81.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Centenary Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,957 and those without children was $1,818.

Employment status of couple families

In Centenary Heights, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 20.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Centenary Heights, 90.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Centenary Heights, 82.6% were separate houses, 8.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Centenary Heights, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 16.0% had 2 bedrooms and 56.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Centenary Heights, 36.7% were owned outright, 29.8% were owned with a mortgage and 31.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Centenary Heights, of all households, 66.6% were family households, 30.0% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Centenary Heights, 25.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Centenary Heights, 44.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Centenary Heights, there were 166 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 84 (or 50.6%) were male and 82 (or 49.4%) 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 Centenary Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,600.

In Centenary Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,037.