Belgrave Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,376 people in Belgrave Heights of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Belgrave Heights was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.3% of the population.

Of people in Belgrave Heights aged 15 years and over, 51.9% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Belgrave Heights was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Belgrave Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Belgrave Heights was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Belgrave Heights 34.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 22.7% in secondary school and 15.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Belgrave Heights were English 30.5%, Australian 27.7%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 8.1% and Dutch 3.6%.

In Belgrave Heights, 77.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.7%, Netherlands 1.5%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 0.7% and United States of America 0.6%.

In Belgrave Heights, 57.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Belgrave Heights were No Religion 34.3%, Catholic 17.6%, Anglican 11.6%, Christian, nfd 4.5% and Baptist 4.4%.

In Belgrave Heights 89.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Polish 0.8%, German 0.7%, Italian 0.4%, Romanian 0.4% and Dutch 0.3%.

Employment

There were 757 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Belgrave Heights. Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 33.0% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Belgrave Heights, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Belgrave Heights was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Belgrave Heights included Professionals 20.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Managers 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Labourers 8.9%, Sales Workers 7.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Belgrave Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Building Installation Services 2.9%, Hospitals 2.8% and Residential Building Construction 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Belgrave Heights was $651.

In Belgrave Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.0%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Train 2.1%, Walked only 1.5% and Truck 1.0%. On the day, 5.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Belgrave Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.1% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.7% 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 Belgrave Heights, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Belgrave Heights, 53.7% were couple families with children, 32.3% were couple families without children and 13.2% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Belgrave Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,239 and those without children was $2,059.

Employment status of couple families

In Belgrave Heights, of couple families with children, 21.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 32.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Belgrave Heights, 99.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Belgrave Heights, 98.6% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Belgrave Heights, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 8.5% had 2 bedrooms and 47.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Belgrave Heights, 33.0% were owned outright, 56.5% were owned with a mortgage and 9.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Belgrave Heights, of all households, 82.3% were family households, 16.1% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Belgrave Heights, 15.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.0% 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 Belgrave Heights, 21.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Belgrave Heights, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 7 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 48 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 Belgrave Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Belgrave 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 $0.