Hillier

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 796 people in Hillier 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 Hillier was 62 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 47.0% of the population.

Of people in Hillier aged 15 years and over, 57.9% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hillier was 67 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Hillier, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hillier was 68 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Hillier 14.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.7% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 10.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hillier were English 41.4%, Australian 20.8%, Italian 11.0%, German 5.7% and Scottish 5.6%.

In Hillier, 60.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 24.7%, Scotland 2.4%, Italy 2.1%, Germany 1.1% and Vietnam 1.1%.

In Hillier, 46.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 43.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hillier were Catholic 26.7%, Anglican 26.0%, No Religion 16.4%, Uniting Church 10.8% and Christian, nfd 2.5%.

In Hillier 90.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.8%, Greek 1.3%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Russian 0.5% and German 0.4%.

Employment

There were 249 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hillier. Of these 53.0% were employed full time, 36.1% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hillier, 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hillier was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Hillier included Labourers 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Managers 12.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Sales Workers 9.7% and Professionals 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Hillier, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 6.7%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 4.6%, Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 4.6%, School Education 3.8% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hillier was $378.

In Hillier, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.6%, Walked only 8.9%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Truck 4.6% and Train 1.3%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hillier, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 14.9% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.4% 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 Hillier, 22.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hillier, 24.5% were couple families with children, 70.0% were couple families without children and 5.5% were one parent families.

In Hillier 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hillier, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,410.

Employment status of couple families

In Hillier, of couple families with children, 5.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 12.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hillier, 96.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hillier, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Hillier, of occupied private dwellings 11.8% had 1 bedroom, 45.7% had 2 bedrooms and 24.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hillier, 73.0% were owned outright, 12.6% were owned with a mortgage and 11.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Hillier, of all households, 58.4% were family households, 40.6% were single person households and 1.0% were group households.

In Hillier, 50.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Hillier, 55.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 17.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hillier, 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 Hillier, 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 Hillier, 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.