Heritage Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,874 people in Heritage Park of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Heritage Park was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.4% of the population.

Of people in Heritage Park aged 15 years and over, 53.8% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Heritage Park was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Heritage Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Heritage Park was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Heritage Park 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.1% were in primary school, 26.2% in secondary school and 15.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Heritage Park were English 27.2%, Australian 27.1%, Scottish 6.8%, Irish 6.7% and German 3.4%.

In Heritage Park, 70.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.6%, England 4.5%, Scotland 1.3%, Philippines 1.1% and South Africa 0.9%.

In Heritage Park, 49.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Heritage Park were Catholic 22.3%, No Religion 20.9%, Anglican 19.3%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Christian, nfd 4.1%.

In Heritage Park 83.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 1.4%, Arabic 0.9%, Punjabi 0.7%, Serbian 0.6% and Hindi 0.6%.

Employment

There were 2,684 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Heritage Park. Of these 63.2% were employed full time, 25.9% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Heritage Park, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Heritage Park was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Heritage Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.4%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Labourers 11.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.5%, Managers 10.3%, Professionals 9.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Heritage Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.5%, School Education 4.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1% and Hospitals 2.1%.

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

In Heritage Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.8%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Bus 3.0%, Truck 1.5% and Bus, car as driver 1.2%. On the day, 6.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Heritage Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.8% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.9% 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 Heritage Park, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Heritage Park, 53.9% were couple families with children, 31.0% were couple families without children and 14.2% were one parent families.

In Heritage Park 12.9% of single parents were male and 87.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Heritage Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,166 and those without children was $2,065.

Employment status of couple families

In Heritage Park, of couple families with children, 27.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 23.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Heritage Park, 96.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Heritage Park, 99.2% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Heritage Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 1.0% had 2 bedrooms and 21.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Heritage Park, 20.4% were owned outright, 54.7% were owned with a mortgage and 23.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Heritage Park, of all households, 88.0% were family households, 9.3% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Heritage Park, 10.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.3% 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 Heritage Park, 22.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Heritage Park, there were 112 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 52 (or 46.4%) were male and 60 (or 53.6%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Heritage Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Heritage Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $360 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $953.