Devon Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 476 people in Devon Hills of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Devon Hills was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.6% of the population.

Of people in Devon Hills aged 15 years and over, 62.8% were married and 8.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Devon Hills was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Devon Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Devon Hills was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 53 years.

In Devon Hills 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.7% were in primary school, 34.1% in secondary school and 25.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Devon Hills were Australian 38.1%, English 30.3%, Scottish 9.4%, Irish 6.3% and German 2.7%.

In Devon Hills, 86.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.9%, New Zealand 1.0%, South Africa 0.8%, Spain 0.8% and Italy 0.6%.

In Devon Hills, 76.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Devon Hills were Anglican 29.5%, No Religion 25.3%, Catholic 17.4%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Christian, nfd 3.6%.

In Devon Hills 96.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 1.1%, Spanish 1.1%, Italian 1.1% and Punjabi 0.8%.

Employment

There were 264 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Devon Hills. Of these 54.9% were employed full time, 35.2% were employed part-time and 2.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Devon Hills, 15.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Devon Hills was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Devon Hills included Professionals 20.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.0%, Sales Workers 15.4%, Managers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Labourers 6.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Devon Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, State Government Administration 4.6%, Employment Services 3.1% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Devon Hills was $602.

In Devon Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.7%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Truck 1.5%, Taxi 1.2% and Other 1.2%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Devon Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.4% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.9% 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 Devon Hills, 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Devon Hills, 52.9% were couple families with children, 36.8% were couple families without children and 8.1% were one parent families.

In Devon Hills 72.7% of single parents were male and 27.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Devon Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,333 and those without children was $1,863.

Employment status of couple families

In Devon Hills, of couple families with children, 24.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% 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 Devon Hills, 91.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Devon 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 Devon Hills, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.0% had 2 bedrooms and 41.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Devon Hills, 52.4% were owned outright, 45.6% were owned with a mortgage and 2.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Devon Hills, of all households, 89.8% were family households, 7.5% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Devon Hills, 12.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.0% 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 Devon Hills, 18.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 44.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Devon Hills, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Devon Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Devon 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 $3,000.