Waterview Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,384 people in Waterview Heights of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Waterview Heights was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.5% of the population.

Of people in Waterview Heights aged 15 years and over, 63.8% were married and 7.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Waterview Heights was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Waterview Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Waterview Heights was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Waterview Heights 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 33.2% in secondary school and 14.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Waterview Heights were Australian 38.0%, English 32.9%, Scottish 8.4%, Irish 7.0% and German 3.8%.

In Waterview Heights, 89.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 1.0%, Netherlands 0.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.3% and Philippines 0.3%.

In Waterview Heights, 82.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Waterview Heights were Anglican 32.9%, Catholic 21.5%, No Religion 17.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.9% and Uniting Church 5.0%.

In Waterview Heights 96.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.4%, Mandarin 0.4%, German 0.3%, Finnish 0.3% and Punjabi 0.3%.

Employment

There were 605 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Waterview Heights. Of these 55.4% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 7.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Waterview Heights, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Waterview Heights was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Waterview Heights included Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.6%, Professionals 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.2%, Labourers 10.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.8%, Managers 9.1% and Sales Workers 8.4%.

Of the employed people in Waterview Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.6%, Local Government Administration 5.0%, Public Order and Safety Services 4.7%, Residential Care Services 3.8% and Hospitals 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Waterview Heights was $433.

In Waterview Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.8%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Truck 2.7%, Walked only 1.3% and Bus 1.1%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Waterview Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.0% provided care for children and 17.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.4% 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 Waterview Heights, 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Waterview Heights, 42.1% were couple families with children, 47.5% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Waterview Heights 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Waterview Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,920 and those without children was $1,856.

Employment status of couple families

In Waterview Heights, of couple families with children, 15.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 15.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Waterview Heights, 95.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Waterview Heights, 98.1% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Waterview Heights, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 5.6% had 2 bedrooms and 43.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Waterview Heights, 50.5% were owned outright, 41.2% were owned with a mortgage and 6.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Waterview Heights, of all households, 84.7% were family households, 13.5% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Waterview Heights, 25.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 Waterview Heights, 20.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Waterview Heights, there were 42 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 54.8%) were male and 19 (or 45.2%) 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 Waterview Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In Waterview Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.