Minto Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 379 people in Minto Heights of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Minto Heights was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.8% of the population.

Of people in Minto Heights aged 15 years and over, 58.8% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Minto Heights was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Minto Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Minto Heights was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 54 years.

In Minto Heights 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.4% were in primary school, 18.6% in secondary school and 18.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Minto Heights were Australian 30.6%, English 24.4%, Scottish 6.6%, Italian 5.7% and German 4.7%.

In Minto Heights, 78.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, Italy 2.1%, Philippines 1.9%, Malaysia 1.3% and New Zealand 1.3%.

In Minto Heights, 56.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Minto Heights were Catholic 34.7%, Anglican 24.9%, No Religion 9.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8% and Christian, nfd 3.4%.

In Minto Heights 81.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.4%, Tagalog 2.1%, Spanish 1.9%, Arabic 1.9% and Serbian 1.6%.

Employment

There were 210 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Minto Heights. Of these 66.2% were employed full time, 29.0% were employed part-time and 1.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Minto Heights, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Minto Heights was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 56 years.

The most common occupations in Minto Heights included Professionals 19.6%, Managers 18.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4%, Sales Workers 6.4% and Labourers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Minto Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Medical Services 5.4%, School Education 4.4%, Building Installation Services 3.9%, State Government Administration 2.9% and Tertiary Education 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Minto Heights was $725.

In Minto Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.0%, Train 7.8%, Walked only 2.9%, Car, as passenger 1.5% and Motorbike/scooter 1.5%. On the day, 10.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Minto Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% 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 Minto Heights, 22.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Minto Heights, 55.7% were couple families with children, 39.6% were couple families without children and 4.7% were one parent families.

In Minto Heights 62.5% of single parents were male and 37.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Minto Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,874 and those without children was $1,849.

Employment status of couple families

In Minto Heights, of couple families with children, 27.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.2% had both employed part-time and 22.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Minto Heights, 97.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Minto Heights, 97.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Minto Heights, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 5.4% had 2 bedrooms and 23.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Minto Heights, 50.0% were owned outright, 36.4% were owned with a mortgage and 13.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Minto Heights, of all households, 84.7% were family households, 12.6% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Minto Heights, 10.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 32.0% 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 Minto Heights, 17.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 45.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Minto Heights, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 71.4%) were male and 4 (or 28.6%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Minto Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Minto Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $285 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,683.