Canley Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,455 people in Canley Heights of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Canley Heights was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.8% of the population.

Of people in Canley Heights aged 15 years and over, 47.7% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Canley Heights was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Canley Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Canley Heights was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Canley Heights 33.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.9% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 20.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Canley Heights were Vietnamese 27.0%, Chinese 19.3%, English 7.4%, Australian 7.3% and Khmer (Cambodian) 5.9%.

In Canley Heights, 40.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 26.6%, Cambodia 7.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.2%, New Zealand 2.0% and Iraq 1.8%.

In Canley Heights, 10.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 85.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Canley Heights were Buddhism 42.8%, Catholic 22.1%, No Religion 8.7%, Anglican 5.6% and Eastern Orthodox 4.4%.

In Canley Heights 20.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 36.2%, Cantonese 7.3%, Khmer 6.4%, Mandarin 3.1% and Min Nan 2.9%.

Employment

There were 4,081 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Canley Heights. Of these 58.7% were employed full time, 23.7% were employed part-time and 11.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Canley Heights, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Canley Heights was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Canley Heights included Labourers 19.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.9%, Professionals 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Sales Workers 8.7% and Managers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Canley Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.2%, Personal Care Services 2.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.2% and Converted Paper Product Manufacturing 1.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Canley Heights was $342.

In Canley Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.7%, Car, as passenger 9.6%, Train 7.8%, Train, bus 2.2% and Truck 1.9%. On the day, 14.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Canley Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 6.7% 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 Canley Heights, 17.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Canley Heights, 48.7% were couple families with children, 22.4% were couple families without children and 26.7% were one parent families.

In Canley Heights 11.1% of single parents were male and 88.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Canley Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,755 and those without children was $1,593.

Employment status of couple families

In Canley Heights, of couple families with children, 16.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 9.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Canley Heights, 96.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Canley Heights, 70.5% were separate houses, 28.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Canley Heights, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 10.8% had 2 bedrooms and 57.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Canley Heights, 32.2% were owned outright, 33.0% were owned with a mortgage and 30.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Canley Heights, of all households, 85.7% were family households, 12.1% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Canley Heights, 28.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.7% 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 Canley Heights, 35.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Canley Heights, there were 74 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 39 (or 52.7%) were male and 35 (or 47.3%) were female. The median age was 47 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 Canley Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

In Canley Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $178 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.