Ormeau Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,212 people in Ormeau Hills of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Ormeau Hills was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 29.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.7% of the population.

Of people in Ormeau Hills aged 15 years and over, 65.9% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ormeau Hills was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Ormeau Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ormeau Hills was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Ormeau Hills 33.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.0% were in primary school, 21.5% in secondary school and 13.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ormeau Hills were English 33.1%, Australian 27.3%, Scottish 7.7%, Irish 6.8% and German 3.9%.

In Ormeau Hills, 71.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.7%, England 7.0%, South Africa 2.0%, Scotland 1.1% and Wales 0.8%.

In Ormeau Hills, 56.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ormeau Hills were Anglican 24.9%, Catholic 23.0%, No Religion 18.9%, Christian, nfd 4.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9%.

In Ormeau Hills 90.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 0.8%, Afrikaans 0.7%, Romanian 0.4%, German 0.3% and Greek 0.3%.

Employment

There were 665 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ormeau Hills. Of these 65.3% were employed full time, 26.0% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ormeau Hills, 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ormeau Hills was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Ormeau Hills included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.5%, Professionals 17.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Managers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Labourers 8.6%, Sales Workers 7.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Ormeau Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%, Hospitals 3.1% and Building Installation Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ormeau Hills was $816.

In Ormeau Hills, 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 3.9%, Train 2.3%, Train, car as driver 2.0% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 5.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ormeau Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.9% provided care for children and 8.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.2% 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 Ormeau Hills, 32.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ormeau Hills, 58.0% were couple families with children, 33.9% were couple families without children and 8.1% were one parent families.

In Ormeau Hills 18.5% of single parents were male and 81.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ormeau Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,308 and those without children was $2,097.

Employment status of couple families

In Ormeau Hills, of couple families with children, 30.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 24.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ormeau Hills, 95.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ormeau Hills, 100.0% 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 Ormeau Hills, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 13.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ormeau Hills, 11.9% were owned outright, 69.2% were owned with a mortgage and 17.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Ormeau Hills, of all households, 91.6% were family households, 7.3% were single person households and 1.1% were group households.

In Ormeau Hills, 7.5% 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 Ormeau Hills, 19.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 57.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ormeau Hills, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 68.4%) were male and 6 (or 31.6%) were female. The median age was 9 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 Ormeau Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,833.

In Ormeau Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,272.