Prince Henry Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 511 people in Prince Henry Heights of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Prince Henry Heights was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.1% of the population.

Of people in Prince Henry Heights aged 15 years and over, 67.3% were married and 8.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Prince Henry Heights was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Prince Henry Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Prince Henry Heights was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Prince Henry Heights 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.5% were in primary school, 27.0% in secondary school and 18.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Prince Henry Heights were English 32.0%, Australian 26.9%, Irish 13.1%, Scottish 8.3% and German 7.7%.

In Prince Henry Heights, 82.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, Zimbabwe 2.3%, New Zealand 1.6%, Germany 0.8% and India 0.8%.

In Prince Henry Heights, 68.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Prince Henry Heights were Catholic 26.1%, Anglican 25.1%, No Religion 14.9%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.1%.

In Prince Henry Heights 95.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Spanish 0.8% and Telugu 0.8%.

Employment

There were 281 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Prince Henry Heights. Of these 59.8% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 1.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Prince Henry Heights, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Prince Henry Heights was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Prince Henry Heights included Professionals 34.7%, Managers 19.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%, Sales Workers 6.5%, Labourers 5.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Prince Henry Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 11.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.5%, Hospitals 4.7%, Tertiary Education 4.0% and Allied Health Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Prince Henry Heights was $784.

In Prince Henry Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 74.7%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Truck 1.8%, Bicycle 1.4% and Car as passenger, bicycle 1.1%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Prince Henry Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% provided care for children and 15.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.8% 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 Prince Henry Heights, 28.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Prince Henry Heights, 44.1% were couple families with children, 43.4% were couple families without children and 10.5% were one parent families.

In Prince Henry Heights 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Prince Henry Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,643 and those without children was $2,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Prince Henry Heights, of couple families with children, 22.8% had both partners employed full-time, 6.6% had both employed part-time and 24.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Prince Henry Heights, 88.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Prince Henry Heights, 97.7% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Prince Henry Heights, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 1.7% had 2 bedrooms and 32.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Prince Henry Heights, 44.6% were owned outright, 39.0% were owned with a mortgage and 13.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Prince Henry Heights, of all households, 86.0% were family households, 12.3% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Prince Henry Heights, 9.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 25.2% 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 Prince Henry Heights, 27.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Prince Henry Heights, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 37.5%) were male and 5 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Prince Henry Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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