Para Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,594 people in Para Hills of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Para Hills was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.4% of the population.

Of people in Para Hills aged 15 years and over, 48.7% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Para Hills was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Para Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Para Hills was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Para Hills 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.2% were in primary school, 20.9% in secondary school and 18.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Para Hills were English 30.6%, Australian 24.7%, Irish 5.2%, Scottish 5.2% and German 5.0%.

In Para Hills, 65.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.9%, Afghanistan 1.5%, India 1.4%, Scotland 1.1% and Italy 1.0%.

In Para Hills, 44.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 41.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Para Hills were No Religion 27.9%, Catholic 18.0%, Anglican 12.7%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Islam 4.1%.

In Para Hills 78.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 1.9%, Italian 1.4%, Greek 0.8%, Dari 0.8% and Vietnamese 0.8%.

Employment

There were 3,702 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Para Hills. Of these 57.4% were employed full time, 30.1% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Para Hills, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Para Hills was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Para Hills included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Labourers 13.2%, Professionals 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.1% and Managers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Para Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6%, School Education 3.4%, Residential Care Services 2.9% and Road Freight Transport 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Para Hills was $510.

In Para Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.5%, Bus 5.6%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Truck 0.8% and Walked only 0.7%. On the day, 7.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Para Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.7% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.9% 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 Para Hills, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Para Hills, 41.2% were couple families with children, 38.7% were couple families without children and 18.4% were one parent families.

In Para Hills 20.7% of single parents were male and 79.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Para Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,914 and those without children was $1,760.

Employment status of couple families

In Para Hills, of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 21.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Para Hills, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Para Hills, 98.0% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Para Hills, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 4.7% had 2 bedrooms and 74.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Para Hills, 34.7% were owned outright, 46.3% were owned with a mortgage and 15.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Para Hills, of all households, 73.8% were family households, 23.5% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Para Hills, 24.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.8% 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 Para Hills, 38.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Para Hills, there were 141 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 69 (or 48.9%) were male and 72 (or 51.1%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Para Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,042.

In Para Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.