Henley Brook

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,644 people in Henley Brook of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Henley Brook was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.9% of the population.

Of people in Henley Brook aged 15 years and over, 61.6% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Henley Brook was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Henley Brook, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.2% 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 Henley Brook was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Henley Brook 33.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.7% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 14.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Henley Brook were English 30.7%, Australian 28.3%, Scottish 6.3%, Irish 5.4% and Italian 4.8%.

In Henley Brook, 71.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.4%, New Zealand 2.9%, South Africa 2.1%, Scotland 1.1% and Italy 0.8%.

In Henley Brook, 48.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Henley Brook were Anglican 25.0%, Catholic 24.8%, No Religion 24.0%, Uniting Church 3.1% and Christian, nfd 2.9%.

In Henley Brook 87.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.2%, German 0.7%, Arabic 0.6%, Malay 0.5% and Afrikaans 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,352 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Henley Brook. Of these 62.8% were employed full time, 27.7% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Henley Brook, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Henley Brook was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Henley Brook included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.9%, Managers 14.2%, Professionals 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Labourers 8.9%, Sales Workers 7.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Henley Brook, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.3%, Building Installation Services 2.8% and Residential Care Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Henley Brook was $713.

In Henley Brook, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.0%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Walked only 1.8%, Bus 1.8% and Truck 1.8%. On the day, 4.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Henley Brook, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.2% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.2% 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 Henley Brook, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Henley Brook, 55.3% were couple families with children, 33.0% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Henley Brook 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Henley Brook, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,377 and those without children was $2,287.

Employment status of couple families

In Henley Brook, of couple families with children, 23.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 24.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Henley Brook, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Henley Brook, 98.0% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Henley Brook, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 3.0% had 2 bedrooms and 19.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Henley Brook, 27.8% were owned outright, 54.5% were owned with a mortgage and 16.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Henley Brook, of all households, 89.8% were family households, 9.2% were single person households and 1.0% were group households.

In Henley Brook, 14.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.1% 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 Henley Brook, 16.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Henley Brook, there were 66 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 34 (or 51.5%) were male and 32 (or 48.5%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Henley Brook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.2, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Henley Brook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.