Svensson Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,204 people in Svensson Heights of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Svensson Heights was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.7% of the population.

Of people in Svensson Heights aged 15 years and over, 45.0% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Svensson Heights was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Svensson Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Svensson Heights was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Svensson Heights 25.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.1% were in primary school, 23.2% in secondary school and 14.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Svensson Heights were Australian 34.1%, English 30.0%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 7.3% and German 7.1%.

In Svensson Heights, 86.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, New Zealand 1.7%, South Africa 0.4%, Germany 0.3% and Italy 0.3%.

In Svensson Heights, 79.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Svensson Heights were Anglican 21.0%, Catholic 20.5%, No Religion 19.9%, Uniting Church 11.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Svensson Heights 92.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.4%, Nepali 0.4%, Hindi 0.2%, Mandarin 0.2% and Dutch 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,305 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Svensson Heights. Of these 51.9% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 9.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Svensson Heights, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.5% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Svensson Heights included Labourers 15.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Professionals 13.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6% and Managers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Svensson Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.3%, Hospitals 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5% and Residential Care Services 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Svensson Heights was $418.

In Svensson Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.3%, Car, as passenger 9.1%, Walked only 3.1%, Bicycle 2.0% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Svensson Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.4% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.4% 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 Svensson Heights, 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Svensson Heights, 32.5% were couple families with children, 44.6% were couple families without children and 21.9% were one parent families.

In Svensson Heights 15.6% of single parents were male and 84.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Svensson Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,768 and those without children was $1,648.

Employment status of couple families

In Svensson Heights, of couple families with children, 15.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 18.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Svensson Heights, 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Svensson Heights, 83.7% were separate houses, 1.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Svensson Heights, of occupied private dwellings 6.8% had 1 bedroom, 17.7% had 2 bedrooms and 53.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Svensson Heights, 34.3% were owned outright, 26.4% were owned with a mortgage and 34.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Svensson Heights, of all households, 63.9% were family households, 32.0% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Svensson Heights, 37.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 Svensson Heights, 42.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Svensson Heights, there were 83 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 43 (or 51.8%) were male and 40 (or 48.2%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Svensson Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $749.

In Svensson Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $223 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.