Augustine Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,972 people in Augustine Heights of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Augustine Heights was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 31.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.0% of the population.

Of people in Augustine Heights aged 15 years and over, 61.1% were married and 7.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Augustine Heights was 39 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Augustine Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Augustine Heights was 39 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Augustine Heights 31.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.9% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 16.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Augustine Heights were Australian 28.4%, English 27.3%, Scottish 7.5%, Irish 6.7% and German 4.5%.

In Augustine Heights, 71.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 7.2%, England 4.7%, South Africa 2.6%, Philippines 1.3% and India 1.0%.

In Augustine Heights, 52.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Augustine Heights were Catholic 28.8%, No Religion 21.7%, Anglican 18.8%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Christian, nfd 3.3%.

In Augustine Heights 86.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 1.1%, Samoan 0.7%, Hindi 0.6%, Punjabi 0.6% and Filipino 0.6%.

Employment

There were 1,109 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Augustine Heights. Of these 70.1% were employed full time, 20.3% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Augustine Heights, 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Augustine Heights was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Augustine Heights included Professionals 20.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.1%, Managers 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5% and Labourers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Augustine Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 6.8%, School Education 4.1%, Hospitals 3.3%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.9% and Public Order and Safety Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Augustine Heights was $931.

In Augustine Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.0%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Train, car as driver 3.6%, Train 2.3% and Walked only 0.9%. On the day, 7.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Augustine Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 47.2% provided care for children and 9.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.3% 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 Augustine Heights, 34.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Augustine Heights, 63.5% were couple families with children, 29.0% were couple families without children and 6.9% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Augustine Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,589 and those without children was $2,322.

Employment status of couple families

In Augustine Heights, of couple families with children, 35.6% had both partners employed full-time, 1.7% had both employed part-time and 21.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Augustine Heights, 85.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Augustine Heights, 99.5% 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 Augustine Heights, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 8.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4.1. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Augustine Heights, 4.7% were owned outright, 62.4% were owned with a mortgage and 31.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Augustine Heights, of all households, 93.2% were family households, 4.7% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Augustine Heights, 3.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.6% 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 Augustine Heights, 18.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 58.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Augustine Heights, there were 25 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 64.0%) were male and 9 (or 36.0%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Augustine Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,600.

In Augustine Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $380 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,337.