Battery Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,588 people in Battery Hill of these 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Battery Hill was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.4% of the population.

Of people in Battery Hill aged 15 years and over, 48.0% were married and 15.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Battery Hill was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Battery Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Battery Hill was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Battery Hill 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.9% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 15.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Battery Hill were English 32.3%, Australian 29.7%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 6.9% and German 4.5%.

In Battery Hill, 78.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.0%, England 3.9%, South Africa 0.8%, United States of America 0.8% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Battery Hill, 65.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Battery Hill were No Religion 23.0%, Anglican 22.4%, Catholic 20.0%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Pentecostal 3.5%.

In Battery Hill 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Portuguese 0.3%, Spanish 0.3%, Dutch 0.3% and Greek 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,197 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Battery Hill. Of these 50.3% were employed full time, 35.5% were employed part-time and 8.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Battery Hill, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Battery Hill was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Battery Hill included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Professionals 16.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.4%, Sales Workers 12.6%, Labourers 12.0%, Managers 8.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Battery Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.0%, School Education 6.2%, Residential Building Construction 3.4%, Residential Care Services 3.2% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Battery Hill was $471.

In Battery Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.0%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Walked only 3.3%, Motorbike/scooter 1.2% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Battery Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.3% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.7% 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 Battery Hill, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Battery Hill, 36.7% were couple families with children, 40.8% were couple families without children and 20.6% were one parent families.

In Battery Hill 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Battery Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,799.

Employment status of couple families

In Battery Hill, of couple families with children, 16.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 19.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Battery Hill, 90.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Battery Hill, 69.3% were separate houses, 21.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Battery Hill, of occupied private dwellings 4.8% had 1 bedroom, 17.9% had 2 bedrooms and 52.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Battery Hill, 33.2% were owned outright, 26.7% were owned with a mortgage and 37.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Battery Hill, of all households, 70.2% were family households, 26.8% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Battery Hill, 31.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 Battery Hill, 41.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Battery Hill, there were 44 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 22.7%) were male and 34 (or 77.3%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Battery Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,208.

In Battery Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.