Elanora Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,852 people in Elanora Heights of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Elanora Heights was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.

Of people in Elanora Heights aged 15 years and over, 62.3% were married and 8.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Elanora Heights was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Elanora Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Elanora Heights was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Elanora Heights 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.8% were in primary school, 23.4% in secondary school and 18.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Elanora Heights were English 30.7%, Australian 30.4%, Irish 7.6%, Scottish 7.1% and Italian 3.3%.

In Elanora Heights, 76.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.7%, New Zealand 2.2%, Germany 1.0%, South Africa 0.8% and Scotland 0.6%.

In Elanora Heights, 56.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Elanora Heights were Catholic 26.9%, Anglican 26.5%, No Religion 21.2%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Pentecostal 2.7%.

In Elanora Heights 90.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.3%, Italian 1.0%, Spanish 0.4%, Croatian 0.4% and French 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,042 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Elanora Heights. Of these 54.8% were employed full time, 35.9% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Elanora Heights, 15.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Elanora Heights was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Elanora Heights included Professionals 25.2%, Managers 18.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.8%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Labourers 4.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Elanora Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.2%, Building Installation Services 3.1%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.0%, Residential Building Construction 2.8% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Elanora Heights was $703.

In Elanora Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.5%, Bus 5.1%, Car, as passenger 3.0%, Walked only 1.8% and Bus, car as driver 1.3%. On the day, 7.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Elanora Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.5% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.0% 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 Elanora Heights, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Elanora Heights, 58.4% were couple families with children, 31.0% were couple families without children and 10.0% were one parent families.

In Elanora Heights 13.6% of single parents were male and 86.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Elanora Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,861 and those without children was $2,419.

Employment status of couple families

In Elanora Heights, of couple families with children, 20.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 30.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Elanora Heights, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elanora Heights, 95.2% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Elanora Heights, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 6.2% had 2 bedrooms and 39.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elanora Heights, 41.6% were owned outright, 47.4% were owned with a mortgage and 8.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Elanora Heights, of all households, 86.1% were family households, 11.7% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Elanora Heights, 13.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 25.9% 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 Elanora Heights, 19.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Elanora Heights, there were 29 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 51.7%) were male and 14 (or 48.3%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Elanora 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 $2,050.

In Elanora 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 $3,900.