Hill Top

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,119 people in Hill Top of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Hill Top was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.3% of the population.

Of people in Hill Top aged 15 years and over, 48.2% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hill Top was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Hill Top, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hill Top was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Hill Top 33.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hill Top were Australian 34.6%, English 30.9%, Irish 6.7%, Scottish 5.8% and German 3.1%.

In Hill Top, 81.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.1%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 0.6%, Italy 0.4% and Germany 0.3%.

In Hill Top, 67.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hill Top were Anglican 31.3%, Catholic 22.8%, No Religion 20.8%, Uniting Church 2.8% and Christian, nfd 2.6%.

In Hill Top 90.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Dutch 0.2%, Greek 0.2% and Czech 0.2%.

Employment

There were 997 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hill Top. Of these 61.3% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hill Top, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Hill Top included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.0%, Labourers 16.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Managers 10.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.4% and Professionals 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Hill Top, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Road Freight Transport 4.2%, School Education 3.4% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hill Top was $562.

In Hill Top, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.0%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Truck 2.1%, Motorbike/scooter 1.1% and Walked only 0.9%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hill Top, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.2% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.0% 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 Hill Top, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hill Top, 49.0% were couple families with children, 32.1% were couple families without children and 18.1% were one parent families.

In Hill Top 19.6% of single parents were male and 80.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hill Top, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,674.

Employment status of couple families

In Hill Top, of couple families with children, 22.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hill Top, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hill Top, 99.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Hill Top, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 8.7% had 2 bedrooms and 48.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hill Top, 22.1% were owned outright, 60.1% were owned with a mortgage and 14.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Hill Top, of all households, 78.5% were family households, 19.0% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Hill Top, 18.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.8% 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 Hill Top, 28.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hill Top, there were 63 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 34 (or 54.0%) were male and 29 (or 46.0%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Hill Top, 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 $974.

In Hill Top, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,235.