Terrey Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,985 people in Terrey Hills of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Terrey Hills was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.6% of the population.

Of people in Terrey Hills aged 15 years and over, 59.9% were married and 7.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Terrey Hills was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Terrey Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Terrey Hills was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Terrey Hills 34.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.8% were in primary school, 26.3% in secondary school and 18.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Terrey Hills were English 31.3%, Australian 29.9%, Irish 7.6%, Scottish 7.2% and German 3.5%.

In Terrey Hills, 76.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.9%, New Zealand 2.0%, South Africa 1.7%, Germany 1.2% and United States of America 0.9%.

In Terrey Hills, 56.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Terrey Hills were Anglican 27.4%, Catholic 23.2%, No Religion 23.2%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Christian, nfd 2.9%.

In Terrey Hills 89.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.1%, Dutch 1.0%, German 0.9%, French 0.4% and Arabic 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,568 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Terrey Hills. Of these 54.7% were employed full time, 37.2% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Terrey Hills, 14.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Terrey Hills was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Terrey Hills included Professionals 25.9%, Managers 16.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Sales Workers 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3%, Labourers 5.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Terrey Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.1%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.5%, Residential Building Construction 2.9%, Computer System Design and Related Services 2.9% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Terrey Hills was $702.

In Terrey Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.5%, Bus 3.8%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Walked only 3.1% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 7.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Terrey Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.0% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.4% 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 Terrey Hills, 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Terrey Hills, 59.1% were couple families with children, 31.7% were couple families without children and 8.4% were one parent families.

In Terrey Hills 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Terrey Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,821 and those without children was $2,305.

Employment status of couple families

In Terrey Hills, of couple families with children, 18.4% had both partners employed full-time, 7.2% had both employed part-time and 28.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Terrey Hills, 95.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Terrey Hills, 91.6% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 4.5% were other dwellings.

In Terrey Hills, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 5.3% had 2 bedrooms and 30.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Terrey Hills, 42.0% were owned outright, 40.6% were owned with a mortgage and 15.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Terrey Hills, of all households, 86.0% were family households, 11.7% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Terrey Hills, 11.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 25.4% 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 Terrey Hills, 20.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Terrey Hills, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 70.0%) were male and 3 (or 30.0%) were female. The median age was 59 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 Terrey Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Terrey Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $665 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.