Padstow Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,491 people in Padstow Heights of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Padstow Heights was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.6% of the population.

Of people in Padstow Heights aged 15 years and over, 55.9% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Padstow Heights was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Padstow Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Padstow Heights was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Padstow Heights 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.7% were in primary school, 22.7% in secondary school and 18.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Padstow Heights were Australian 24.9%, English 22.4%, Irish 7.4%, Greek 6.2% and Scottish 5.2%.

In Padstow Heights, 74.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.0%, Greece 1.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.6%, Italy 1.1% and Lebanon 1.1%.

In Padstow Heights, 52.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Padstow Heights were Catholic 31.8%, Anglican 23.4%, Eastern Orthodox 10.5%, No Religion 9.6% and Uniting Church 2.9%.

In Padstow Heights 73.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 5.2%, Arabic 4.1%, Italian 1.7%, Cantonese 1.6% and Mandarin 1.5%.

Employment

There were 1,630 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Padstow Heights. Of these 61.7% were employed full time, 28.9% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Padstow Heights, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Padstow Heights was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Padstow Heights included Professionals 21.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Managers 13.4%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6% and Labourers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Padstow Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, Building Installation Services 3.1%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.8%, Hospitals 2.6% and Air and Space Transport 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Padstow Heights was $572.

In Padstow Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.1%, Train 7.2%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Train, car as driver 2.1% and Truck 2.0%. On the day, 13.7% 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 Padstow Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.4% 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 Padstow Heights, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Padstow Heights, 50.3% were couple families with children, 35.3% were couple families without children and 13.2% were one parent families.

In Padstow Heights 16.3% of single parents were male and 83.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Padstow Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,424 and those without children was $2,194.

Employment status of couple families

In Padstow Heights, of couple families with children, 22.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 22.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Padstow Heights, 94.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Padstow Heights, 79.4% were separate houses, 9.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Padstow Heights, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 13.2% had 2 bedrooms and 46.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Padstow Heights, 45.1% were owned outright, 37.5% were owned with a mortgage and 11.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Padstow Heights, of all households, 76.4% were family households, 22.0% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Padstow Heights, 22.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.0% 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 Padstow Heights, 29.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Padstow Heights, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 60.0%) were male and 8 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Padstow Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $100.

In Padstow Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $390 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,500.