Onkaparinga Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,534 people in Onkaparinga Hills of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Onkaparinga Hills was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.4% of the population.

Of people in Onkaparinga Hills aged 15 years and over, 62.3% were married and 7.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Onkaparinga Hills was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Onkaparinga Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Onkaparinga Hills was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Onkaparinga Hills 30.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.6% were in primary school, 28.3% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Onkaparinga Hills were English 35.6%, Australian 30.0%, Scottish 6.1%, Irish 5.9% and German 5.6%.

In Onkaparinga Hills, 76.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.3%, Scotland 1.1%, Germany 0.8%, New Zealand 0.8% and Netherlands 0.7%.

In Onkaparinga Hills, 55.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Onkaparinga Hills were No Religion 32.0%, Anglican 17.0%, Catholic 16.0%, Uniting Church 8.2% and Christian, nfd 3.8%.

In Onkaparinga Hills 93.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, Dutch 0.4%, Arabic 0.4%, Polish 0.3% and Tagalog 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,465 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Onkaparinga Hills. Of these 57.6% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Onkaparinga Hills, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Onkaparinga Hills was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Onkaparinga Hills included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.4%, Professionals 14.3%, Managers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Labourers 9.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Onkaparinga Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, School Education 3.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3% and Building Installation Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Onkaparinga Hills was $628.

In Onkaparinga Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.8%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Bus 2.6%, Truck 1.0% and Other 0.8%. On the day, 4.7% 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 Onkaparinga Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.9% 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, 20.9% 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 Onkaparinga Hills, 30.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Onkaparinga Hills, 58.1% were couple families with children, 34.0% were couple families without children and 7.5% were one parent families.

In Onkaparinga Hills 30.9% of single parents were male and 69.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Onkaparinga Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,199 and those without children was $1,952.

Employment status of couple families

In Onkaparinga Hills, of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 27.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Onkaparinga Hills, 96.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Onkaparinga Hills, 98.3% 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 Onkaparinga Hills, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.3% had 2 bedrooms and 40.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Onkaparinga Hills, 33.3% were owned outright, 60.4% were owned with a mortgage and 4.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Onkaparinga Hills, of all households, 88.7% were family households, 10.3% were single person households and 1.0% were group households.

In Onkaparinga Hills, 12.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.8% 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 Onkaparinga Hills, 16.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Onkaparinga Hills, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 61.5%) were male and 5 (or 38.5%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Onkaparinga Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Onkaparinga Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $295 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.