Stafford Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,780 people in Stafford Heights of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Stafford Heights was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.2% of the population.

Of people in Stafford Heights aged 15 years and over, 47.5% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Stafford Heights was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Stafford Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Stafford Heights was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Stafford Heights 27.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.1% were in primary school, 19.6% in secondary school and 21.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Stafford Heights were Australian 27.3%, English 25.5%, Irish 10.2%, Scottish 8.0% and Italian 5.0%.

In Stafford Heights, 76.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.8%, England 2.6%, Italy 1.7%, Philippines 1.0% and India 0.5%.

In Stafford Heights, 61.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Stafford Heights were Catholic 33.3%, No Religion 19.4%, Anglican 15.4%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Stafford Heights 84.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.9%, Greek 0.5%, Cantonese 0.4%, Arabic 0.4% and Tagalog 0.4%.

Employment

There were 3,448 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Stafford Heights. Of these 59.3% were employed full time, 29.0% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Stafford Heights, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Stafford Heights included Professionals 25.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Managers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Labourers 7.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Stafford Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.8%, School Education 5.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.5% and State Government Administration 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Stafford Heights was $628.

In Stafford Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.7%, Bus 8.2%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Train, car as driver 2.1% and Train 1.7%. On the day, 13.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Stafford Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.9% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.5% 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 Stafford Heights, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Stafford Heights, 41.3% were couple families with children, 37.0% were couple families without children and 19.6% were one parent families.

In Stafford Heights 15.4% of single parents were male and 84.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Stafford Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,400 and those without children was $2,272.

Employment status of couple families

In Stafford Heights, of couple families with children, 22.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 21.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Stafford Heights, 95.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stafford Heights, 97.8% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Stafford Heights, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 5.9% had 2 bedrooms and 60.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stafford Heights, 36.0% were owned outright, 33.5% were owned with a mortgage and 28.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Stafford Heights, of all households, 75.2% were family households, 21.3% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Stafford Heights, 20.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.7% 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 Stafford Heights, 36.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Stafford Heights, there were 150 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 67 (or 44.7%) were male and 83 (or 55.3%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Stafford 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 $1,750.

In Stafford Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.