Heath Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 239 people in Heath Hill of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Heath Hill was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.

Of people in Heath Hill aged 15 years and over, 53.1% were married and 8.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Heath Hill was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Heath Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Heath Hill was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Heath Hill 32.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.5% were in primary school, 17.1% in secondary school and 3.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Heath Hill were English 35.5%, Australian 27.4%, Irish 7.1%, Scottish 6.8% and Italian 4.7%.

In Heath Hill, 82.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, Germany 1.3%, Italy 1.3%, Netherlands 1.3% and New Zealand 1.3%.

In Heath Hill, 77.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Heath Hill were Catholic 21.0%, No Religion 21.0%, Anglican 20.2%, Uniting Church 12.2% and Pentecostal 2.1%.

In Heath Hill 88.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.2%, Dutch 1.2%, Greek 1.2%, Italian 1.2% and Maltese 1.2%.

Employment

There were 121 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Heath Hill. Of these 64.5% were employed full time, 27.3% were employed part-time and 2.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Heath Hill, 14.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Heath Hill was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Heath Hill included Managers 30.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 23.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Professionals 8.3%, Labourers 8.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.5%, Sales Workers 4.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Heath Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 9.2%, School Education 7.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.7%, Poultry Farming 5.0% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Heath Hill was $582.

In Heath Hill, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 66.1%, Other 3.4%, Walked only 3.4% and Car, as passenger 2.5%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Heath Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.1% 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 Heath Hill, 22.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Heath Hill, 49.2% were couple families with children, 42.9% were couple families without children and 7.9% were one parent families.

In Heath Hill 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Heath Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,474 and those without children was $1,600.

Employment status of couple families

In Heath Hill, of couple families with children, 27.9% had both partners employed full-time, 8.2% had both employed part-time and 26.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Heath Hill, 88.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Heath Hill, 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 Heath Hill, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 8.2% had 2 bedrooms and 56.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Heath Hill, 47.4% were owned outright, 35.5% were owned with a mortgage and 13.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Heath Hill, of all households, 81.3% were family households, 14.7% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Heath Hill, 19.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.0% 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 Heath Hill, 15.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Heath Hill, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Heath Hill, 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 Heath Hill, 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.