Berowra Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,104 people in Berowra Heights of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Berowra Heights was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.8% of the population.

Of people in Berowra Heights aged 15 years and over, 61.2% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Berowra Heights was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Berowra Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Berowra Heights was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Berowra Heights 31.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.4% were in primary school, 22.5% in secondary school and 19.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Berowra Heights were English 31.7%, Australian 31.2%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 7.7% and German 2.9%.

In Berowra Heights, 79.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.2%, New Zealand 1.6%, South Africa 1.0%, Philippines 0.8% and Scotland 0.6%.

In Berowra Heights, 58.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Berowra Heights were Anglican 26.5%, No Religion 24.8%, Catholic 23.8%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7%.

In Berowra Heights 91.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.6%, Mandarin 0.5%, German 0.4%, Spanish 0.4% and Japanese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,807 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Berowra Heights. Of these 60.3% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Berowra Heights, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Berowra Heights was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Berowra Heights included Professionals 26.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Managers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Sales Workers 7.7%, Labourers 6.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Berowra Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.1%, Hospitals 4.5%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.4%, Building Installation Services 2.9% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Berowra Heights was $735.

In Berowra Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.9%, Train 8.7%, Train, car as driver 5.0%, Car, as passenger 3.1% and Walked only 1.9%. On the day, 18.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Berowra Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.8% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.2% 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 Berowra Heights, 31.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Berowra Heights, 56.2% were couple families with children, 32.0% were couple families without children and 11.2% were one parent families.

In Berowra Heights 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Berowra Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,597 and those without children was $2,358.

Employment status of couple families

In Berowra Heights, of couple families with children, 22.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 30.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Berowra Heights, 96.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Berowra Heights, 98.9% were separate houses, 0.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Berowra Heights, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 3.7% had 2 bedrooms and 48.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Berowra Heights, 39.9% were owned outright, 50.2% were owned with a mortgage and 8.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Berowra Heights, of all households, 86.6% were family households, 12.2% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Berowra Heights, 11.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.8% 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 Berowra Heights, 28.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Berowra Heights, there were 32 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 50.0%) were male and 16 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Berowra Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Berowra 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 $2,113.