Strathmore Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 934 people in Strathmore Heights of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Strathmore Heights was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.4% of the population.

Of people in Strathmore Heights aged 15 years and over, 56.7% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Strathmore Heights was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Strathmore Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Strathmore Heights was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Strathmore Heights 25.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.9% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 16.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Strathmore Heights were Australian 25.4%, English 20.7%, Irish 10.1%, Italian 8.4% and Scottish 7.1%.

In Strathmore Heights, 76.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 2.9%, England 2.5%, New Zealand 2.1%, Germany 1.3% and Greece 1.2%.

In Strathmore Heights, 54.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Strathmore Heights were Catholic 40.7%, No Religion 17.4%, Anglican 11.4%, Eastern Orthodox 6.1% and Uniting Church 5.1%.

In Strathmore Heights 79.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.6%, Greek 3.4%, Arabic 2.2%, Sinhalese 1.4% and Ukrainian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 496 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Strathmore Heights. Of these 58.3% were employed full time, 28.2% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Strathmore Heights, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.9% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Strathmore Heights included Professionals 23.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Managers 13.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Labourers 4.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Strathmore Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Road Freight Transport 3.6%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.2% and Building Installation Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Strathmore Heights was $671.

In Strathmore Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.0%, Train 4.9%, Train, car as driver 3.8%, Car, as passenger 2.5% and Truck 0.8%. On the day, 10.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Strathmore Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.7% provided care for children and 15.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.0% 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 Strathmore Heights, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Strathmore Heights, 48.0% were couple families with children, 36.4% were couple families without children and 13.1% were one parent families.

In Strathmore Heights 15.8% of single parents were male and 84.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Strathmore Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,428 and those without children was $2,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Strathmore Heights, of couple families with children, 19.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 22.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Strathmore Heights, 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Strathmore Heights, 91.5% were separate houses, 4.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Strathmore Heights, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.2% had 2 bedrooms and 60.7% 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 Strathmore Heights, 49.5% were owned outright, 36.9% were owned with a mortgage and 11.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Strathmore Heights, of all households, 83.4% were family households, 15.7% were single person households and 0.9% were group households.

In Strathmore Heights, 16.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.9% 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 Strathmore Heights, 26.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Strathmore Heights, 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 Strathmore Heights, 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 Strathmore 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.