Highland Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 420 people in Highland Valley of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Highland Valley was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Highland Valley aged 15 years and over, 58.7% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Highland Valley was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Highland Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.2% 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 Highland Valley was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Highland Valley 24.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.2% were in primary school, 28.4% in secondary school and 17.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Highland Valley were English 35.5%, Australian 27.3%, German 11.1%, Scottish 7.9% and Irish 7.3%.

In Highland Valley, 84.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.6%, New Zealand 1.4%, Canada 0.7%, India 0.7% and Ireland 0.7%.

In Highland Valley, 68.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Highland Valley were No Religion 30.5%, Anglican 13.6%, Lutheran 11.5%, Catholic 9.3% and Other Christian 7.9%.

In Highland Valley 97.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.0% and Russian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 245 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Highland Valley. Of these 51.0% were employed full time, 34.3% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Highland Valley, 13.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Highland Valley was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Highland Valley included Professionals 17.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.9%, Managers 17.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Labourers 10.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4% and Sales Workers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Highland Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.7%, School Education 6.4%, Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance 5.6%, Public Order and Safety Services 4.7% and Hospitals 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Highland Valley was $621.

In Highland Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.4%, Other 4.3%, Walked only 2.6%, Car, as passenger 2.1% and Truck 2.1%. 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 56.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Highland Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.2% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.9% 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 Highland Valley, 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Highland Valley, 45.2% were couple families with children, 43.5% were couple families without children and 8.1% were one parent families.

In Highland Valley 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Highland Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,125 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Highland Valley, of couple families with children, 13.9% had both partners employed full-time, 8.3% had both employed part-time and 24.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Highland Valley, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Highland Valley, 97.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Highland Valley, of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 14.7% had 2 bedrooms and 48.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Highland Valley, 39.4% were owned outright, 52.8% were owned with a mortgage and 7.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Highland Valley, of all households, 82.8% were family households, 17.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Highland Valley, 16.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.6% 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 Highland Valley, 14.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Highland Valley, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Highland Valley, 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 Highland Valley, 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.