East Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 67,694 people in East Hills of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in East Hills was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.4% of the population.

Of people in East Hills aged 15 years and over, 53.0% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Hills was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In East Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Hills was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In East Hills 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 22.3% in secondary school and 21.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Hills were Australian 21.6%, English 18.2%, Lebanese 6.9%, Irish 6.2% and Chinese 5.7%.

In East Hills, 66.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 4.1%, Lebanon 3.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.8%, England 1.6% and New Zealand 1.4%.

In East Hills, 41.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 47.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Hills were Catholic 30.7%, Anglican 16.9%, No Religion 10.8%, Eastern Orthodox 8.8% and Islam 7.6%.

In East Hills 58.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 9.8%, Vietnamese 5.7%, Greek 4.3%, Cantonese 3.1% and Mandarin 2.2%.

Employment

There were 31,833 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Hills. Of these 61.8% were employed full time, 26.8% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Hills, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Hills was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in East Hills included Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.0%, Professionals 18.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Managers 11.3%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Labourers 7.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in East Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Hospitals 2.7%, Building Installation Services 2.5% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Hills was $535.

In East Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.7%, Train 12.1%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Train, car as driver 1.6% and Walked only 1.6%. On the day, 17.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.9% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.6% 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 East Hills, 23.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Hills, 51.5% were couple families with children, 29.9% were couple families without children and 17.0% were one parent families.

In East Hills 17.2% of single parents were male and 82.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,368 and those without children was $2,168.

Employment status of couple families

In East Hills, of couple families with children, 22.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 20.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Hills, 95.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Hills, 75.0% were separate houses, 18.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In East Hills, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 13.6% had 2 bedrooms and 48.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Hills, 37.7% were owned outright, 35.7% were owned with a mortgage and 23.3% were rented.

Household composition

In East Hills, of all households, 77.5% were family households, 20.5% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In East Hills, 23.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.7% 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 East Hills, 34.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Hills, there were 724 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 349 (or 48.2%) were male and 375 (or 51.8%) were female. The median age was 21 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 East Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,349.

In East Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.