Jamboree Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,057 people in Jamboree Heights of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Jamboree Heights was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.8% of the population.

Of people in Jamboree Heights aged 15 years and over, 51.1% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jamboree Heights was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Jamboree Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jamboree Heights was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Jamboree Heights 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 18.5% in secondary school and 26.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jamboree Heights were English 24.3%, Australian 23.1%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 6.6% and Chinese 5.3%.

In Jamboree Heights, 63.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.7%, England 3.7%, Vietnam 3.0%, South Africa 2.0% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.9%.

In Jamboree Heights, 44.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jamboree Heights were No Religion 24.8%, Catholic 24.7%, Anglican 13.6%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Buddhism 4.6%.

In Jamboree Heights 75.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 4.0%, Cantonese 2.8%, Mandarin 2.1%, Arabic 1.0% and Gujarati 0.8%.

Employment

There were 1,778 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jamboree Heights. Of these 62.3% were employed full time, 27.1% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jamboree Heights, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.8% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Jamboree Heights included Professionals 24.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Managers 11.2%, Sales Workers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Labourers 7.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Jamboree Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Hospitals 3.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, State Government Administration 3.3% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jamboree Heights was $680.

In Jamboree Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.5%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Bus 4.3%, Train 2.6% and Walked only 2.6%. On the day, 12.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jamboree Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.7% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.9% 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 Jamboree Heights, 28.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jamboree Heights, 47.5% were couple families with children, 35.6% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Jamboree Heights 13.0% of single parents were male and 87.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jamboree Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,273 and those without children was $2,122.

Employment status of couple families

In Jamboree Heights, of couple families with children, 26.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 21.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Jamboree Heights, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Jamboree Heights, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 1.4% had 2 bedrooms and 66.3% 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 Jamboree Heights, 29.2% were owned outright, 44.9% were owned with a mortgage and 24.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Jamboree Heights, of all households, 78.2% were family households, 16.8% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Jamboree Heights, 12.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.9% 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 Jamboree Heights, 34.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jamboree Heights, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 47.1%) were male and 9 (or 52.9%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Jamboree Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Jamboree Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $320 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,857.