Huntfield Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,907 people in Huntfield Heights of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Huntfield Heights was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Huntfield Heights aged 15 years and over, 40.8% were married and 15.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Huntfield Heights was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Huntfield Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Huntfield Heights was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Huntfield Heights 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.7% were in primary school, 21.0% in secondary school and 15.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Huntfield Heights were English 35.7%, Australian 29.7%, Scottish 6.0%, Irish 5.7% and German 5.1%.

In Huntfield Heights, 76.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.6%, Scotland 0.9%, New Zealand 0.9%, Philippines 0.9% and Poland 0.8%.

In Huntfield Heights, 57.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Huntfield Heights were No Religion 39.5%, Catholic 15.8%, Anglican 12.5%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Christian, nfd 3.8%.

In Huntfield Heights 90.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Polish 0.9%, German 0.5%, Arabic 0.4%, Greek 0.4% and Dutch 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,761 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Huntfield Heights. Of these 52.4% were employed full time, 31.5% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Huntfield Heights, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Huntfield Heights was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Huntfield Heights included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 17.1%, Labourers 14.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Professionals 10.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8% and Managers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Huntfield Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.0%, Hospitals 3.8% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Huntfield Heights was $440.

In Huntfield Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.9%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Train 1.7%, Bus 1.2% and Walked only 0.8%. On the day, 5.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Huntfield Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.8% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.5% 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 Huntfield Heights, 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Huntfield Heights, 36.8% were couple families with children, 35.5% were couple families without children and 26.1% were one parent families.

In Huntfield Heights 16.0% of single parents were male and 84.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Huntfield Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,655 and those without children was $1,663.

Employment status of couple families

In Huntfield Heights, of couple families with children, 16.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 20.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Huntfield Heights, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Huntfield Heights, 94.2% were separate houses, 5.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Huntfield Heights, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 7.8% had 2 bedrooms and 72.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Huntfield Heights, 19.1% were owned outright, 44.2% were owned with a mortgage and 33.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Huntfield Heights, of all households, 72.7% were family households, 24.3% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Huntfield Heights, 31.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.4% 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 Huntfield Heights, 38.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Huntfield Heights, there were 113 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 53 (or 46.9%) were male and 60 (or 53.1%) 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 Huntfield Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,055.

In Huntfield Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.