Heybridge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 507 people in Heybridge of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Heybridge was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.5% of the population.

Of people in Heybridge aged 15 years and over, 53.4% were married and 16.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Heybridge was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Heybridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Heybridge was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Heybridge 21.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.2% were in primary school, 26.9% in secondary school and 19.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Heybridge were Australian 39.2%, English 31.4%, Scottish 9.3%, Irish 8.6% and Dutch 2.4%.

In Heybridge, 85.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.3%, Austria 0.8%, Canada 0.8%, Germany 0.6% and Ireland 0.6%.

In Heybridge, 82.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Heybridge were No Religion 30.5%, Anglican 20.0%, Catholic 15.7%, Uniting Church 7.3% and Christian, nfd 2.9%.

In Heybridge 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.6%, Swedish 0.6% and Filipino 0.6%.

Employment

There were 249 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Heybridge. Of these 57.0% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Heybridge, 14.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Heybridge was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Heybridge included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Managers 15.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.8%, Labourers 10.8%, Professionals 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6% and Sales Workers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Heybridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6%, School Education 5.6%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.3%, Dairy Cattle Farming 3.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Heybridge was $518.

In Heybridge, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 64.5%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Walked only 5.6% and Truck 4.3%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Heybridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.7% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.6% 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 Heybridge, 22.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Heybridge, 35.7% were couple families with children, 50.6% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

In Heybridge 26.3% of single parents were male and 73.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Heybridge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,978 and those without children was $2,036.

Employment status of couple families

In Heybridge, of couple families with children, 17.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Heybridge, 87.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Heybridge, 95.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Heybridge, of occupied private dwellings 5.4% had 1 bedroom, 15.7% had 2 bedrooms and 54.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Heybridge, 40.2% were owned outright, 31.4% were owned with a mortgage and 23.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Heybridge, of all households, 75.1% were family households, 21.0% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Heybridge, 26.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Heybridge, 29.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Heybridge, there were 33 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 51.5%) were male and 16 (or 48.5%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Heybridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,291.

In Heybridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,192.