Sunnybank Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 16,830 people in Sunnybank Hills of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Sunnybank Hills was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.4% of the population.

Of people in Sunnybank Hills aged 15 years and over, 50.4% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sunnybank Hills was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Sunnybank Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sunnybank Hills was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Sunnybank Hills 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.1% were in primary school, 17.0% in secondary school and 38.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sunnybank Hills were Chinese 21.5%, English 16.9%, Australian 15.8%, Irish 5.2% and Scottish 4.6%.

In Sunnybank Hills, 46.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 10.5%, Taiwan 6.6%, New Zealand 4.3%, India 2.5% and England 2.2%.

In Sunnybank Hills, 29.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 62.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sunnybank Hills were No Religion 24.3%, Catholic 20.1%, Anglican 9.6%, Buddhism 9.0% and Uniting Church 5.5%.

In Sunnybank Hills 49.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 17.8%, Cantonese 6.5%, Vietnamese 2.3%, Korean 2.2% and Greek 1.2%.

Employment

There were 8,501 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sunnybank Hills. Of these 56.4% were employed full time, 30.0% were employed part-time and 7.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sunnybank Hills, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sunnybank Hills was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Sunnybank Hills included Professionals 23.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.6%, Managers 10.3%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Labourers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Sunnybank Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.8%, Hospitals 4.4%, School Education 4.3%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sunnybank Hills was $489.

In Sunnybank Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.8%, Bus 9.6%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Train 3.4% and Walked only 1.7%. On the day, 16.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sunnybank Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.3% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.5% 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 Sunnybank Hills, 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sunnybank Hills, 46.7% were couple families with children, 35.3% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Sunnybank Hills 19.9% of single parents were male and 80.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sunnybank Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,231 and those without children was $1,931.

Employment status of couple families

In Sunnybank Hills, of couple families with children, 20.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 16.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sunnybank Hills, 94.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sunnybank Hills, 85.2% were separate houses, 12.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Sunnybank Hills, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 5.0% had 2 bedrooms and 40.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sunnybank Hills, 37.2% were owned outright, 33.0% were owned with a mortgage and 26.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Sunnybank Hills, of all households, 76.8% were family households, 17.1% were single person households and 6.1% were group households.

In Sunnybank Hills, 21.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.5% 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 Sunnybank Hills, 34.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sunnybank Hills, there were 173 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 75 (or 43.4%) were male and 98 (or 56.6%) 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 Sunnybank Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,333.

In Sunnybank Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $288 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,625.