Eastern Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,735 people in Eastern Heights of these 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Eastern Heights was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.3% of the population.

Of people in Eastern Heights aged 15 years and over, 46.0% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Eastern Heights was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Eastern Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Eastern Heights was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Eastern Heights 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.7% were in primary school, 19.7% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eastern Heights were Australian 29.6%, English 29.0%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 8.3% and German 7.8%.

In Eastern Heights, 82.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, New Zealand 2.0%, Philippines 0.6%, Netherlands 0.5% and India 0.4%.

In Eastern Heights, 74.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Eastern Heights were Catholic 19.9%, No Religion 19.8%, Anglican 17.7%, Uniting Church 9.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Eastern Heights 89.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 0.6%, German 0.3%, Italian 0.2%, Filipino 0.2% and Mandarin 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,625 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eastern Heights. Of these 58.7% were employed full time, 28.3% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Eastern Heights, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Eastern Heights was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Eastern Heights included Professionals 19.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.1%, Labourers 11.5%, Managers 8.9%, Sales Workers 8.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Eastern Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Hospitals 5.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, State Government Administration 3.0% and Other Social Assistance Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eastern Heights was $529.

In Eastern Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.6%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Train 3.2%, Walked only 2.5% and Train, car as driver 1.4%. On the day, 7.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eastern Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.5% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.1% 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 Eastern Heights, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eastern Heights, 36.0% were couple families with children, 40.1% were couple families without children and 21.6% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Eastern Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,232 and those without children was $1,938.

Employment status of couple families

In Eastern Heights, of couple families with children, 19.6% had both partners employed full-time, 1.9% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Eastern Heights, 92.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eastern Heights, 91.7% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Eastern Heights, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 16.5% had 2 bedrooms and 60.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eastern Heights, 35.4% were owned outright, 32.9% were owned with a mortgage and 28.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Eastern Heights, of all households, 71.5% were family households, 26.3% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Eastern Heights, 25.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.0% 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 Eastern Heights, 40.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Eastern Heights, there were 138 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 61 (or 44.2%) were male and 77 (or 55.8%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Eastern Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,062.

In Eastern Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $192 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $813.