Burwood Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 810 people in Burwood Heights of these 47.0% were male and 53.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Burwood Heights was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.5% of the population.

Of people in Burwood Heights aged 15 years and over, 54.5% were married and 7.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Burwood Heights was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Burwood Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Burwood Heights was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Burwood Heights 33.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.8% were in primary school, 16.6% in secondary school and 25.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Burwood Heights were Australian 16.9%, Italian 14.8%, English 11.2%, Chinese 8.1% and Greek 7.9%.

In Burwood Heights, 57.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 9.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.3%, Greece 2.7%, Vietnam 2.2% and England 2.0%.

In Burwood Heights, 29.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 58.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Burwood Heights were Catholic 39.2%, No Religion 13.9%, Eastern Orthodox 9.8%, Anglican 8.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Burwood Heights 48.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 13.9%, Greek 7.4%, Arabic 5.6%, Mandarin 4.7% and Korean 2.2%.

Employment

There were 375 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Burwood Heights. Of these 61.3% were employed full time, 30.1% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Burwood Heights, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Burwood Heights was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Burwood Heights included Professionals 28.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.5%, Managers 14.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%, Labourers 5.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Burwood Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Hospitals 3.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.6%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.3% and Road Freight Transport 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Burwood Heights was $544.

In Burwood Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.0%, Train 11.3%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Bus 4.4% and Train, bus 4.4%. On the day, 23.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Burwood Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.1% 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 Burwood Heights, 22.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Burwood Heights, 54.8% were couple families with children, 33.5% were couple families without children and 9.6% were one parent families.

In Burwood Heights 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Burwood Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,874 and those without children was $2,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Burwood Heights, of couple families with children, 23.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 18.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Burwood Heights, 89.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burwood Heights, 80.8% were separate houses, 4.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Burwood Heights, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 20.2% had 2 bedrooms and 32.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burwood Heights, 46.8% were owned outright, 31.9% were owned with a mortgage and 18.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Burwood Heights, of all households, 76.5% were family households, 17.0% were single person households and 6.5% were group households.

In Burwood Heights, 22.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.2% 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 Burwood Heights, 34.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Burwood Heights, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 43 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 Burwood Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Burwood 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.