Blue Mountain Heights (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 818 people in Blue Mountain Heights (L) of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Blue Mountain Heights (L) was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.

Of people in Blue Mountain Heights (L) aged 15 years and over, 71.4% were married and 5.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blue Mountain Heights (L) was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Blue Mountain Heights (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Blue Mountain Heights (L) was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Blue Mountain Heights (L) 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.6% were in primary school, 36.4% in secondary school and 16.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Blue Mountain Heights (L) were English 31.4%, Australian 29.1%, Scottish 10.3%, Irish 9.8% and German 6.3%.

In Blue Mountain Heights (L), 85.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, South Africa 1.8%, New Zealand 1.5%, Canada 1.0% and Papua New Guinea 0.5%.

In Blue Mountain Heights (L), 76.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blue Mountain Heights (L) were Catholic 24.5%, Anglican 21.2%, No Religion 11.6%, Uniting Church 10.7% and Lutheran 7.1%.

In Blue Mountain Heights (L) 95.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Filipino 0.5%, Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian) 0.5%, German 0.4%, Afrikaans 0.4% and French 0.4%.

Employment

There were 457 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blue Mountain Heights (L). Of these 60.0% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blue Mountain Heights (L), 13.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Blue Mountain Heights (L) was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Blue Mountain Heights (L) included Professionals 35.9%, Managers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%, Sales Workers 5.8%, Labourers 4.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Blue Mountain Heights (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 15.6%, Hospitals 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, State Government Administration 3.3% and Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blue Mountain Heights (L) was $736.

In Blue Mountain Heights (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.9%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Truck 2.2%, Motorbike/scooter 1.6% and Walked only 1.1%. 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 75.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blue Mountain Heights (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 85.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.3% provided care for children and 14.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.7% 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 Blue Mountain Heights (L), 34.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blue Mountain Heights (L), 46.4% were couple families with children, 48.0% were couple families without children and 5.6% were one parent families.

In Blue Mountain Heights (L) 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blue Mountain Heights (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,020 and those without children was $2,192.

Employment status of couple families

In Blue Mountain Heights (L), of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.5% had both employed part-time and 23.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blue Mountain Heights (L), 93.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blue Mountain Heights (L), 98.9% were separate houses, 1.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Blue Mountain Heights (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 3.2% had 2 bedrooms and 30.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blue Mountain Heights (L), 47.9% were owned outright, 40.0% were owned with a mortgage and 12.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Blue Mountain Heights (L), of all households, 88.0% were family households, 11.0% were single person households and 1.1% were group households.

In Blue Mountain Heights (L), 13.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.6% 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 Blue Mountain Heights (L), 17.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blue Mountain Heights (L), there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Blue Mountain Heights (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,750.

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