Highgate Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,824 people in Highgate Hill of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Highgate Hill was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.4% of the population.

Of people in Highgate Hill aged 15 years and over, 29.7% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Highgate Hill was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Highgate Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 29.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Highgate Hill was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Highgate Hill 36.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 13.3% were in primary school, 13.5% in secondary school and 45.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Highgate Hill were English 21.6%, Australian 17.4%, Irish 10.2%, Scottish 7.3% and Greek 6.8%.

In Highgate Hill, 59.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, Greece 3.8%, New Zealand 3.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.8% and India 1.7%.

In Highgate Hill, 42.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Highgate Hill were No Religion 35.9%, Catholic 15.3%, Eastern Orthodox 10.3%, Anglican 8.2% and Buddhism 5.0%.

In Highgate Hill 66.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 7.9%, Mandarin 2.5%, Vietnamese 1.7%, Spanish 1.6% and French 1.0%.

Employment

There were 3,507 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Highgate Hill. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 30.2% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Highgate Hill, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Highgate Hill was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The most common occupations in Highgate Hill included Professionals 38.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Managers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.2%, Labourers 5.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Highgate Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 8.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.2%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.7%, Hospitals 5.0% and State Government Administration 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Highgate Hill was $677.

In Highgate Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 36.5%, Walked only 14.3%, Bus 14.2%, Bicycle 6.4% and Car, as passenger 5.0%. On the day, 19.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 41.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Highgate Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.1% provided care for children and 8.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.0% 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 Highgate Hill, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Highgate Hill, 35.5% were couple families with children, 43.7% were couple families without children and 15.4% were one parent families.

In Highgate Hill 22.8% of single parents were male and 77.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Highgate Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,005 and those without children was $2,186.

Employment status of couple families

In Highgate Hill, of couple families with children, 27.9% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 20.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Highgate Hill, 92.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Highgate Hill, 39.8% were separate houses, 4.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 55.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Highgate Hill, of occupied private dwellings 16.4% had 1 bedroom, 34.2% had 2 bedrooms and 26.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Highgate Hill, 20.4% were owned outright, 20.9% were owned with a mortgage and 55.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Highgate Hill, of all households, 52.4% were family households, 32.7% were single person households and 14.9% were group households.

In Highgate Hill, 21.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.9% 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 Highgate Hill, 45.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Highgate Hill, there were 71 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 37 (or 52.1%) were male and 34 (or 47.9%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Highgate Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Highgate Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $550.