Pinjarra Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 664 people in Pinjarra Hills of these 45.5% were male and 54.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Pinjarra Hills was 55 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 37.6% of the population.

Of people in Pinjarra Hills aged 15 years and over, 47.8% were married and 7.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pinjarra Hills was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Pinjarra Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pinjarra Hills was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 59 years.

In Pinjarra Hills 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.5% were in primary school, 29.6% in secondary school and 24.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pinjarra Hills were English 31.5%, Australian 21.6%, Scottish 9.7%, Irish 7.9% and German 3.0%.

In Pinjarra Hills, 68.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.0%, South Africa 2.7%, New Zealand 2.1%, Malaysia 0.9% and Papua New Guinea 0.8%.

In Pinjarra Hills, 48.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pinjarra Hills were Anglican 24.4%, No Religion 20.6%, Catholic 18.5%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7%.

In Pinjarra Hills 88.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 1.2%, Dutch 0.9%, German 0.5%, Danish 0.5% and Swedish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 253 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pinjarra Hills. Of these 56.9% were employed full time, 32.8% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pinjarra Hills, 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pinjarra Hills was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Pinjarra Hills included Professionals 33.9%, Managers 16.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.7%, Sales Workers 8.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9%, Labourers 3.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in Pinjarra Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 7.3%, Tertiary Education 4.9%, Hospitals 4.9%, Building Installation Services 4.5% and School Education 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pinjarra Hills was $586.

In Pinjarra Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.5%, Bus 5.3%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Bus, car as driver 4.1% and Bicycle 1.6%. On the day, 16.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pinjarra Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.3% provided care for children and 8.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.4% 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 Pinjarra Hills, 21.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pinjarra Hills, 44.1% were couple families with children, 44.1% were couple families without children and 11.8% were one parent families.

In Pinjarra Hills 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pinjarra Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,905 and those without children was $2,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Pinjarra Hills, of couple families with children, 12.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 26.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pinjarra Hills, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pinjarra Hills, 69.1% were separate houses, 30.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Pinjarra Hills, of occupied private dwellings 6.8% had 1 bedroom, 24.1% had 2 bedrooms and 14.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pinjarra Hills, 45.7% were owned outright, 29.6% were owned with a mortgage and 8.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Pinjarra Hills, of all households, 66.8% were family households, 31.8% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Pinjarra Hills, 22.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.1% 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 Pinjarra Hills, 28.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pinjarra Hills, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Pinjarra Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Pinjarra Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $470 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.