The Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,716 people in The Hill of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in The Hill was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in The Hill aged 15 years and over, 33.6% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in The Hill was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In The Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 33.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in The Hill was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In The Hill 32.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 13.0% were in primary school, 8.4% in secondary school and 52.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in The Hill were English 29.3%, Australian 25.1%, Scottish 10.1%, Irish 9.7% and German 3.4%.

In The Hill, 77.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.9%, New Zealand 2.1%, Germany 0.9%, South Africa 0.8% and United States of America 0.8%.

In The Hill, 64.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in The Hill were No Religion 35.3%, Catholic 20.2%, Anglican 18.6%, Uniting Church 2.9% and Christian, nfd 2.2%.

In The Hill 85.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.0%, Mandarin 0.8%, French 0.6%, Spanish 0.5% and Portuguese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,094 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in The Hill. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 28.9% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in The Hill, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in The Hill was 32 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The most common occupations in The Hill included Professionals 40.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Managers 11.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.0%, Sales Workers 7.0%, Labourers 3.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in The Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 6.6%, Hospitals 5.9%, School Education 5.4%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.3% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in The Hill was $786.

In The Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.4%, Walked only 12.3%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Bicycle 3.1% and Bus 1.9%. On the day, 5.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In The Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.1% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.9% 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 The Hill, 30.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in The Hill, 30.6% were couple families with children, 56.2% were couple families without children and 9.8% were one parent families.

In The Hill 19.5% of single parents were male and 80.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In The Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,073 and those without children was $2,287.

Employment status of couple families

In The Hill, of couple families with children, 27.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 21.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In The Hill, 86.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Hill, 20.3% were separate houses, 22.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 57.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In The Hill, of occupied private dwellings 12.8% had 1 bedroom, 41.0% had 2 bedrooms and 28.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Hill, 25.1% were owned outright, 21.8% were owned with a mortgage and 50.9% were rented.

Household composition

In The Hill, of all households, 48.4% were family households, 36.5% were single person households and 15.0% were group households.

In The Hill, 17.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.7% 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 The Hill, 43.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In The Hill, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 40.0%) were male and 12 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 26 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 The Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In The Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,358.