Clifton Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,790 people in Clifton Hill of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Clifton Hill was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.8% of the population.

Of people in Clifton Hill aged 15 years and over, 34.3% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Clifton Hill was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Clifton Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Clifton Hill was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Clifton Hill 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.5% were in primary school, 12.5% in secondary school and 39.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Clifton Hill were English 24.4%, Australian 22.7%, Irish 12.3%, Scottish 8.8% and Italian 4.5%.

In Clifton Hill, 73.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, New Zealand 2.5%, Greece 2.0%, Italy 1.1% and Malaysia 1.0%.

In Clifton Hill, 53.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Clifton Hill were No Religion 47.9%, Catholic 19.9%, Anglican 7.6%, Eastern Orthodox 4.7% and Buddhism 2.4%.

In Clifton Hill 81.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 4.0%, Italian 2.1%, Spanish 0.8%, Vietnamese 0.7% and Mandarin 0.7%.

Employment

There were 3,666 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Clifton Hill. Of these 62.0% were employed full time, 28.8% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Clifton Hill, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Clifton Hill was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Clifton Hill included Professionals 47.0%, Managers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%, Sales Workers 6.0%, Labourers 2.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.3%.

Of the employed people in Clifton Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.6%, Tertiary Education 6.1%, School Education 4.6%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.4% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Clifton Hill was $960.

In Clifton Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 38.4%, Train 15.4%, Bicycle 10.4%, Walked only 5.7% and Tram 2.9%. On the day, 24.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 40.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Clifton Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.2% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.1% 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 Clifton Hill, 32.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Clifton Hill, 38.4% were couple families with children, 45.8% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families.

In Clifton Hill 15.8% of single parents were male and 84.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Clifton Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,283 and those without children was $2,849.

Employment status of couple families

In Clifton Hill, of couple families with children, 30.2% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 25.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Clifton Hill, 90.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clifton Hill, 30.9% were separate houses, 47.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 21.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Clifton Hill, of occupied private dwellings 8.4% had 1 bedroom, 42.8% had 2 bedrooms and 36.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clifton Hill, 28.5% were owned outright, 30.4% were owned with a mortgage and 39.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Clifton Hill, of all households, 60.9% were family households, 26.4% were single person households and 12.7% were group households.

In Clifton Hill, 13.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 25.0% 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 Clifton Hill, 49.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Clifton Hill, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 38.1%) were male and 13 (or 61.9%) 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 Clifton Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,833.

In Clifton Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.