Helena Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,017 people in Helena Valley of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Helena Valley was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.4% of the population.

Of people in Helena Valley aged 15 years and over, 58.3% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Helena Valley was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Helena Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Helena Valley was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Helena Valley 31.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.4% were in primary school, 24.9% in secondary school and 17.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Helena Valley were English 30.8%, Australian 30.4%, Scottish 7.2%, Irish 6.5% and Italian 5.4%.

In Helena Valley, 75.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.1%, New Zealand 2.2%, Scotland 1.2%, South Africa 1.0% and Netherlands 0.8%.

In Helena Valley, 52.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Helena Valley were Catholic 26.2%, Anglican 25.6%, No Religion 20.9%, Christian, nfd 5.0% and Uniting Church 3.6%.

In Helena Valley 90.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.8%, German 0.4%, Dutch 0.4%, Afrikaans 0.4% and Malay 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,658 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Helena Valley. Of these 58.8% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Helena Valley, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Helena Valley was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Helena Valley included Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.3%, Professionals 16.9%, Managers 13.1%, Sales Workers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6% and Labourers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Helena Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.1%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%, Road Freight Transport 3.1% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Helena Valley was $673.

In Helena Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.4%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Walked only 1.7%, Train, car as driver 1.5% and Other 1.4%. On the day, 6.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Helena Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.5% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.5% 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 Helena Valley, 25.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Helena Valley, 51.9% were couple families with children, 37.4% were couple families without children and 10.2% were one parent families.

In Helena Valley 13.8% of single parents were male and 86.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Helena Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,671 and those without children was $2,349.

Employment status of couple families

In Helena Valley, of couple families with children, 20.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 25.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Helena Valley, 94.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Helena Valley, 94.2% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Helena Valley, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 5.8% had 2 bedrooms and 20.2% 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 Helena Valley, 35.3% were owned outright, 49.7% were owned with a mortgage and 12.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Helena Valley, of all households, 84.5% were family households, 14.7% were single person households and 0.8% were group households.

In Helena Valley, 15.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.6% 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 Helena Valley, 19.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Helena Valley, there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 50.0%) were male and 13 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Helena Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,416.

In Helena Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $360 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,500.