Heatherton

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,350 people were counted in Heatherton: of these 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Heatherton there were 199 children aged 0-14 years and 576 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Heatherton, 1,191 people were Australian citizens, 383 were born overseas and 6 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Heatherton, 42.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.3% were separated or divorced, 19.0% were widowed and 27.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Heatherton, 67.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Heatherton were England 5.3%, Italy 3.3%, New Zealand 2.5%, India 1.9% and Greece 1.7%.

Of all people counted in Heatherton on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 26.3%, Anglican 22.1%, No Religion 15.6%, Uniting Church 8.1% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Heatherton, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 4.4%, Greek 3.1%, Russian 0.8%, Telugu 0.7% and Cantonese 0.7%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 80.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 543 people aged 15 years and over in Heatherton were in the labour force. Of these 66.5% worked full-time, 25.2% worked part-time, 4.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.1% were unemployed. 441 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Heatherton, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.2%, Professionals 5.1%, Associate Professionals 4.9%, Managers and Administrators 4.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Heatherton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Construction Trade Services 3.8%, Business Services 3.7%, Food Retailing 3.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.6% and Health Services 2.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Heatherton, 270 families were counted: of these, 34.1% were couple families without children, 47.0% were couple families with children, 16.3% were one parent families and 2.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Heatherton, 387 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Heatherton, 81.9% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Heatherton, 40.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 29.7% were being purchased and 23.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Heatherton, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 46.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 6.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 47.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Heatherton, 69.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.8% were single (or lone) person households and 4.1% were group households.