Christmas Hills (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 344 people in Christmas Hills (Vic.) of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Christmas Hills (Vic.) was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.1% of the population.

Of people in Christmas Hills (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 45.6% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Christmas Hills (Vic.) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Christmas Hills (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 47.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Christmas Hills (Vic.) was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Christmas Hills (Vic.) 33.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.7% were in primary school, 23.7% in secondary school and 16.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Christmas Hills (Vic.) were Australian 32.1%, English 30.2%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 6.9% and Italian 4.0%.

In Christmas Hills (Vic.), 83.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 1.2%, Argentina 0.9% and Canada 0.9%.

In Christmas Hills (Vic.), 69.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Christmas Hills (Vic.) were No Religion 45.7%, Catholic 20.8%, Anglican 8.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8% and Christian, nfd 2.6%.

In Christmas Hills (Vic.) 95.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Spanish 0.9% and Maltese 0.9%.

Employment

There were 175 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Christmas Hills (Vic.). Of these 56.6% were employed full time, 33.7% were employed part-time and 1.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Christmas Hills (Vic.), 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 17.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Christmas Hills (Vic.) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Christmas Hills (Vic.) included Professionals 25.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 22.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Managers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%, Sales Workers 6.9%, Labourers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Christmas Hills (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Installation Services 6.4%, Hospitals 5.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7% and School Education 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Christmas Hills (Vic.) was $631.

In Christmas Hills (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.2%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Truck 1.7%, Motorbike/scooter 1.7% and Train, car as driver 1.7%. On the day, 4.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Christmas Hills (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 78.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.5% provided care for children and 10.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.2% 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 Christmas Hills (Vic.), 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Christmas Hills (Vic.), 53.8% were couple families with children, 29.0% were couple families without children and 17.2% were one parent families.

In Christmas Hills (Vic.) 30.8% of single parents were male and 69.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Christmas Hills (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,457 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Christmas Hills (Vic.), of couple families with children, 11.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 34.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Christmas Hills (Vic.), 86.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Christmas Hills (Vic.), 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Christmas Hills (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 13.5% had 2 bedrooms and 39.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Christmas Hills (Vic.), 37.3% were owned outright, 44.5% were owned with a mortgage and 18.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Christmas Hills (Vic.), of all households, 83.8% were family households, 13.5% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Christmas Hills (Vic.), 9.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.5% 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 Christmas Hills (Vic.), 15.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 45.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Christmas Hills (Vic.), there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 6 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 47 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 Christmas Hills (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Christmas Hills (Vic.), 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.