Fairfield Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,649 people in Fairfield Heights of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Fairfield Heights was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.7% of the population.

Of people in Fairfield Heights aged 15 years and over, 46.9% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fairfield Heights was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Fairfield Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fairfield Heights was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Fairfield Heights 33.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.6% were in primary school, 21.4% in secondary school and 21.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fairfield Heights were Assyrian 13.8%, Vietnamese 9.2%, Chinese 7.9%, Australian 7.6% and Iraqi 7.0%.

In Fairfield Heights, 35.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Iraq 22.3%, Vietnam 8.7%, Cambodia 2.7%, Italy 2.3% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.2%.

In Fairfield Heights, 9.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 85.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fairfield Heights were Catholic 35.8%, Buddhism 13.1%, Assyrian Apostolic 10.6%, Islam 7.3% and No Religion 6.3%.

In Fairfield Heights 20.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 15.3%, Arabic 12.6%, Vietnamese 12.2%, Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 4.5% and Spanish 4.3%.

Employment

There were 2,257 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fairfield Heights. Of these 55.7% were employed full time, 25.0% were employed part-time and 11.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fairfield Heights, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fairfield Heights was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Fairfield Heights included Labourers 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Professionals 13.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.8%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1% and Managers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Fairfield Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Road Freight Transport 3.9%, Residential Building Construction 2.8%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.6% and Building Completion Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fairfield Heights was $341.

In Fairfield Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.4%, Car, as passenger 8.2%, Train 7.8%, Train, bus 3.0% and Bus 1.8%. On the day, 15.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fairfield Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.4% provided care for children and 13.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.3% 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 Fairfield Heights, 15.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fairfield Heights, 50.1% were couple families with children, 22.5% were couple families without children and 24.7% were one parent families.

In Fairfield Heights 11.7% of single parents were male and 88.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fairfield Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,017 and those without children was $1,868.

Employment status of couple families

In Fairfield Heights, of couple families with children, 13.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 8.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fairfield Heights, 95.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fairfield Heights, 68.7% were separate houses, 25.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Fairfield Heights, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 12.9% had 2 bedrooms and 54.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fairfield Heights, 27.5% were owned outright, 26.2% were owned with a mortgage and 41.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Fairfield Heights, of all households, 80.1% were family households, 18.8% were single person households and 1.1% were group households.

In Fairfield Heights, 31.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Fairfield Heights, 36.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fairfield Heights, there were 37 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 62.2%) were male and 14 (or 37.8%) 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 Fairfield Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,274.

In Fairfield Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.