Northern Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 329 people in Northern Heights of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Northern Heights was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.9% of the population.

Of people in Northern Heights aged 15 years and over, 51.1% were married and 13.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Northern Heights was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Northern Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Northern Heights was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Northern Heights 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.5% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 17.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Northern Heights were Australian 31.3%, English 29.3%, German 14.1%, Scottish 6.0% and Italian 3.7%.

In Northern Heights, 89.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.4%, Italy 1.8%, Netherlands 1.2% and Ireland 0.9%.

In Northern Heights, 81.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Northern Heights were No Religion 31.8%, Lutheran 14.8%, Catholic 12.4%, Uniting Church 9.4% and Anglican 9.1%.

In Northern Heights 92.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 3.9%.

Employment

There were 164 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Northern Heights. Of these 62.8% were employed full time, 25.0% were employed part-time and 7.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Northern Heights, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Northern Heights was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 29 years.

The most common occupations in Northern Heights included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.5%, Labourers 13.8%, Managers 12.5%, Sales Workers 11.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.9% and Professionals 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Northern Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.5%, Building Completion Services 3.9%, Motor Vehicle Retailing 3.9%, Road Freight Transport 3.9% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Northern Heights was $470.

In Northern Heights, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 68.6%, Walked only 6.5%, Car, as passenger 5.9% and Truck 2.6%. 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 73.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Northern Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.3% provided care for children and 15.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.8% 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 Northern Heights, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Northern Heights, 34.4% were couple families with children, 46.9% were couple families without children and 18.8% were one parent families.

In Northern Heights 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Northern Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $1,791.

Employment status of couple families

In Northern Heights, of couple families with children, 23.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 13.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Northern Heights, 80.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Northern Heights, 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 Northern Heights, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 10.1% had 2 bedrooms and 63.9% 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 Northern Heights, 34.7% were owned outright, 49.2% were owned with a mortgage and 16.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Northern Heights, of all households, 82.4% were family households, 17.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Northern Heights, 24.3% 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 Northern Heights, 22.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Northern Heights, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 30.0%) were male and 7 (or 70.0%) were female. The median age was 44 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 Northern Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Northern Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.