Pyramid Hill (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 419 people in Pyramid Hill (L) of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Pyramid Hill (L) was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 28.1% of the population.

Of people in Pyramid Hill (L) aged 15 years and over, 43.1% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pyramid Hill (L) was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Pyramid Hill (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 43.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pyramid Hill (L) was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Pyramid Hill (L) 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.0% were in primary school, 32.3% in secondary school and 4.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pyramid Hill (L) were Australian 32.7%, English 30.2%, Scottish 9.7%, Irish 9.7% and Filipino 3.6%.

In Pyramid Hill (L), 79.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 4.3%, England 3.1%, New Zealand 1.7%, Germany 1.0% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.7%.

In Pyramid Hill (L), 78.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pyramid Hill (L) were Catholic 26.0%, Anglican 18.9%, No Religion 17.0%, Uniting Church 11.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 9.5%.

In Pyramid Hill (L) 86.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 4.0%, Greek 1.2%, Afrikaans 0.7%, Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described 0.7% and Filipino 0.7%.

Employment

There were 143 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pyramid Hill (L). Of these 44.1% were employed full time, 32.9% were employed part-time and 18.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pyramid Hill (L), 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pyramid Hill (L) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Pyramid Hill (L) included Labourers 29.1%, Managers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.4%, Professionals 8.5% and Technicians and Trades Workers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Pyramid Hill (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Livestock Farming 12.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.8%, Dairy Cattle Farming 6.0%, Other Food Product Manufacturing 6.0% and School Education 6.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pyramid Hill (L) was $349.

In Pyramid Hill (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.1%, Walked only 13.7%, Car, as passenger 7.7%, Bicycle 3.4% and Truck 2.6%. 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 72.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pyramid Hill (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 65.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.2% provided care for children and 13.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.6% 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 Pyramid Hill (L), 21.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pyramid Hill (L), 36.4% were couple families with children, 41.4% were couple families without children and 22.2% were one parent families.

In Pyramid Hill (L) 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pyramid Hill (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,899 and those without children was $1,041.

Employment status of couple families

In Pyramid Hill (L), of couple families with children, 12.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 17.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pyramid Hill (L), 77.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pyramid Hill (L), 89.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.7% were flats, units or apartments and 3.3% were other dwellings.

In Pyramid Hill (L), of occupied private dwellings 8.7% had 1 bedroom, 20.8% had 2 bedrooms and 55.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pyramid Hill (L), 52.5% were owned outright, 18.4% were owned with a mortgage and 25.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Pyramid Hill (L), of all households, 53.1% were family households, 43.0% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Pyramid Hill (L), 53.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Pyramid Hill (L), 42.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pyramid Hill (L), there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 61 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 Pyramid Hill (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.9 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Pyramid Hill (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $66 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.