Alexander Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,695 people in Alexander Heights of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Alexander Heights was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.9% of the population.

Of people in Alexander Heights aged 15 years and over, 51.2% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Alexander Heights was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Alexander Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Alexander Heights was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Alexander Heights 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.9% were in primary school, 24.2% in secondary school and 22.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Alexander Heights were English 23.2%, Australian 20.5%, Vietnamese 6.0%, Italian 5.4% and Scottish 5.3%.

In Alexander Heights, 58.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.0%, Vietnam 5.1%, New Zealand 2.2%, India 1.9% and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.4%.

In Alexander Heights, 31.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 54.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Alexander Heights were Catholic 28.4%, No Religion 18.2%, Anglican 14.8%, Buddhism 8.1% and Eastern Orthodox 5.5%.

In Alexander Heights 66.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 8.4%, Macedonian 2.7%, Arabic 2.2%, Italian 1.7% and Cantonese 1.3%.

Employment

There were 4,157 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Alexander Heights. Of these 60.3% were employed full time, 28.8% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Alexander Heights, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Alexander Heights was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Alexander Heights included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.4%, Professionals 12.7%, Labourers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9% and Managers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Alexander Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, School Education 4.7%, Hospitals 3.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7% and Residential Care Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Alexander Heights was $590.

In Alexander Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.0%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Bus 3.0%, Train 1.2% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 6.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Alexander Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.5% 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 Alexander Heights, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Alexander Heights, 51.5% were couple families with children, 30.6% were couple families without children and 16.0% were one parent families.

In Alexander Heights 16.8% of single parents were male and 83.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Alexander Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,230 and those without children was $2,078.

Employment status of couple families

In Alexander Heights, of couple families with children, 22.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 22.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Alexander Heights, 95.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alexander Heights, 91.4% were separate houses, 7.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Alexander Heights, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 2.5% had 2 bedrooms and 28.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alexander Heights, 28.4% were owned outright, 50.9% were owned with a mortgage and 18.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Alexander Heights, of all households, 81.0% were family households, 16.7% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Alexander Heights, 17.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.8% 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 Alexander Heights, 25.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Alexander Heights, there were 67 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 32 (or 47.8%) were male and 35 (or 52.2%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Alexander Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,458.

In Alexander Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,192.