Avondale Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,990 people in Avondale Heights of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Avondale Heights was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.6% of the population.

Of people in Avondale Heights aged 15 years and over, 54.9% were married and 7.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Avondale Heights was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Avondale Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Avondale Heights was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Avondale Heights 24.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.4% were in primary school, 21.3% in secondary school and 23.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Avondale Heights were Italian 22.0%, Australian 11.9%, English 10.6%, Greek 6.2% and Chinese 5.8%.

In Avondale Heights, 53.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 11.5%, Vietnam 5.3%, Greece 2.6%, Croatia 2.0% and India 1.7%.

In Avondale Heights, 24.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 66.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Avondale Heights were Catholic 50.8%, No Religion 11.7%, Eastern Orthodox 10.8%, Buddhism 5.3% and Anglican 4.6%.

In Avondale Heights 43.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 16.7%, Vietnamese 6.1%, Greek 5.6%, Cantonese 3.8% and Croatian 2.9%.

Employment

There were 5,010 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Avondale Heights. Of these 61.6% were employed full time, 27.5% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Avondale Heights, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Avondale Heights was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Avondale Heights included Professionals 21.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Managers 11.8%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Labourers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Avondale Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, School Education 4.3%, Hospitals 3.2%, Depository Financial Intermediation 2.6% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Avondale Heights was $439.

In Avondale Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Train 2.4%, Train, car as driver 1.9% and Train, bus 1.6%. On the day, 10.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Avondale Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.3% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.2% 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 Avondale Heights, 21.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Avondale Heights, 45.4% were couple families with children, 38.1% were couple families without children and 14.4% were one parent families.

In Avondale Heights 19.1% of single parents were male and 80.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Avondale Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,326 and those without children was $1,982.

Employment status of couple families

In Avondale Heights, of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 16.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Avondale Heights, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Avondale Heights, 87.5% were separate houses, 5.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Avondale Heights, of occupied private dwellings 1.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.6% had 2 bedrooms and 58.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Avondale Heights, 54.4% were owned outright, 24.6% were owned with a mortgage and 17.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Avondale Heights, of all households, 78.3% were family households, 19.7% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Avondale Heights, 28.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.3% 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 Avondale Heights, 34.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Avondale Heights, there were 24 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 58.3%) were male and 10 (or 41.7%) were female. The median age was 39 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 Avondale Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Avondale Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $481 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,903.