Collingwood Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 684 people in Collingwood Heights of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Collingwood Heights was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.8% of the population.

Of people in Collingwood Heights aged 15 years and over, 51.2% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Collingwood Heights was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Collingwood Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Collingwood Heights was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Collingwood Heights 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.2% were in primary school, 22.8% in secondary school and 13.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Collingwood Heights were English 35.1%, Australian 31.7%, Scottish 5.8%, Irish 5.4% and Dutch 3.2%.

In Collingwood Heights, 75.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.2%, South Africa 2.6%, Netherlands 1.5%, Scotland 1.0% and Canada 0.7%.

In Collingwood Heights, 58.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Collingwood Heights were No Religion 31.2%, Anglican 20.3%, Catholic 12.8%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Collingwood Heights 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 1.0%, Dutch 0.9%, Afrikaans 0.7%, German 0.4% and Greek 0.4%.

Employment

There were 351 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Collingwood Heights. Of these 54.1% were employed full time, 32.8% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Collingwood Heights, 15.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Collingwood Heights was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Collingwood Heights included Professionals 14.0%, Labourers 14.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Sales Workers 12.8%, Managers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Collingwood Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Residential Building Construction 3.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3% and Hospitals 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Collingwood Heights was $526.

In Collingwood Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.4%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Truck 0.9%, Motorbike/scooter 0.9% and Walked only 0.9%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Collingwood Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.9% 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 Collingwood Heights, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Collingwood Heights, 33.2% were couple families with children, 49.2% were couple families without children and 16.1% were one parent families.

In Collingwood Heights 12.5% of single parents were male and 87.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Collingwood Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,639 and those without children was $1,714.

Employment status of couple families

In Collingwood Heights, of couple families with children, 18.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 19.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Collingwood Heights, 86.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Collingwood Heights, 97.3% were separate houses, 2.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Collingwood Heights, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 4.3% had 2 bedrooms and 59.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Collingwood Heights, 34.6% were owned outright, 38.5% were owned with a mortgage and 25.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Collingwood Heights, of all households, 74.7% were family households, 22.6% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Collingwood Heights, 28.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.5% 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 Collingwood Heights, 30.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Collingwood Heights, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 40.0%) were male and 6 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Collingwood Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Collingwood Heights, 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.