Heidelberg West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,327 people in Heidelberg West of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Heidelberg West was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.1% of the population.

Of people in Heidelberg West aged 15 years and over, 32.1% were married and 15.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Heidelberg West was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Heidelberg West, of people aged 15 years and over, 30.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Heidelberg West was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Heidelberg West 34.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.7% were in primary school, 14.6% in secondary school and 25.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Heidelberg West were English 19.9%, Australian 19.5%, Somali 7.1%, Irish 6.1% and Chinese 5.3%.

In Heidelberg West, 58.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Somalia 5.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.2%, India 2.7%, Vietnam 2.2% and England 1.7%.

In Heidelberg West, 40.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 50.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Heidelberg West were No Religion 21.5%, Catholic 20.5%, Islam 16.1%, Anglican 9.8% and Buddhism 3.8%.

In Heidelberg West 56.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Somali 9.4%, Arabic 3.4%, Mandarin 3.0%, Vietnamese 2.7% and Cantonese 1.6%.

Employment

There were 2,038 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Heidelberg West. Of these 52.3% were employed full time, 30.8% were employed part-time and 10.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Heidelberg West, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Heidelberg West was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Heidelberg West included Professionals 18.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.1%, Labourers 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.4%, Sales Workers 7.8% and Managers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Heidelberg West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, Hospitals 4.7%, School Education 3.0%, Child Care Services 2.9% and Tertiary Education 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Heidelberg West was $372.

In Heidelberg West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.7%, Bus 8.1%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Walked only 3.2% and Train, bus 3.1%. On the day, 17.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Heidelberg West, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.4% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.6% 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 Heidelberg West, 20.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Heidelberg West, 35.7% were couple families with children, 26.0% were couple families without children and 34.3% were one parent families.

In Heidelberg West 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Heidelberg West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,844.

Employment status of couple families

In Heidelberg West, of couple families with children, 15.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 13.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Heidelberg West, 93.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Heidelberg West, 62.9% were separate houses, 18.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 18.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Heidelberg West, of occupied private dwellings 9.2% had 1 bedroom, 36.8% had 2 bedrooms and 40.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Heidelberg West, 19.2% were owned outright, 19.4% were owned with a mortgage and 55.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Heidelberg West, of all households, 59.8% were family households, 32.7% were single person households and 7.5% were group households.

In Heidelberg West, 41.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 Heidelberg West, 43.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Heidelberg West, there were 108 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 46 (or 42.6%) were male and 62 (or 57.4%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Heidelberg West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $536.

In Heidelberg West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $162 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,560.