Cannon Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,507 people in Cannon Hill of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Cannon Hill was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

Of people in Cannon Hill aged 15 years and over, 44.5% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cannon Hill was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Cannon Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cannon Hill was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Cannon Hill 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.2% were in primary school, 16.2% in secondary school and 25.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cannon Hill were English 27.0%, Australian 26.9%, Irish 10.8%, Scottish 7.9% and German 3.9%.

In Cannon Hill, 75.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.1%, England 3.7%, India 1.2%, Philippines 1.2% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Cannon Hill, 59.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cannon Hill were Catholic 31.0%, No Religion 21.9%, Anglican 16.9%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In Cannon Hill 85.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.7%, Cantonese 0.6%, Vietnamese 0.5%, Tagalog 0.5% and Greek 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,540 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cannon Hill. Of these 63.4% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cannon Hill, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cannon Hill was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Cannon Hill included Professionals 25.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Managers 11.5%, Labourers 9.7%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Cannon Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.0%, Hospitals 4.8%, State Government Administration 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cannon Hill was $710.

In Cannon Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.8%, Train 9.8%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Bus 4.0% and Walked only 3.1%. On the day, 16.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cannon Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.4% 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 Cannon Hill, 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cannon Hill, 44.5% were couple families with children, 38.4% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Cannon Hill 19.2% of single parents were male and 80.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Cannon Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,554 and those without children was $2,542.

Employment status of couple families

In Cannon Hill, of couple families with children, 28.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cannon Hill, 93.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cannon Hill, 88.6% were separate houses, 1.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.2% were flats, units or apartments and 6.9% were other dwellings.

In Cannon Hill, of occupied private dwellings 6.6% had 1 bedroom, 14.7% had 2 bedrooms and 47.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cannon Hill, 35.4% were owned outright, 35.8% were owned with a mortgage and 26.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Cannon Hill, of all households, 67.0% were family households, 26.5% were single person households and 6.5% were group households.

In Cannon Hill, 20.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.9% 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 Cannon Hill, 39.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cannon Hill, there were 81 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 45 (or 55.6%) were male and 36 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Cannon Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,437.

In Cannon Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $400 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,817.