Heathmont Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Heathmont (3135) is a suburb of Melbourne, East, Victoria. It is about 24 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Heathmont is in the federal electorate of Deakin.

In the 2011 census the population of Heathmont was 9,250 and is comprised of approximately 50.6% females and 49.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Heathmont is 39 years of age.

77.8% of people living in the suburb of Heathmont were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.6% England, 1.6% New Zealand, 1.3% China , 1.0% India, 0.8% Scotland, 0.7% Netherlands, 0.6% Germany, 0.6% Burma , 0.6% Malaysia, 0.6% Sri Lanka, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% Italy, 0.5% Vietnam, 0.3% Hong Kong .

87.2% of people living in Heathmont speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.7% Other, 1.3% Mandarin, 1.1% Cantonese, 0.7% Italian, 0.5% Spanish, 0.5% German, 0.4% Greek, 0.4% Dutch.

The religious makeup of Heathmont is 28.3% No religion, 21.7% Catholic, 14.3% Anglican, 6.8% Uniting Church, 6.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.7% Baptist, 3.7% Christian, nfd, 2.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Buddhism, 1.3% Pentecostal.

54.7% of people are married, 29.7% have never married and 8.1% are divorced and 2.3% are separated. There are 390 widowed people living in Heathmont.

58.0% of the people living in Heathmont over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.3% are working on a part time basis. Heathmont has an unemployment rate of 4.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Heathmont are 26.3% Professionals, 17.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.2% Technicians & trades workers, 12.0% Managers, 9.8% Sales workers, 8.6% Community & personal service workers, 6.7% Labourers, 3.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Heathmont work in are 12.7% Health care and social assistance, 10.6% Retail trade, 10.2% Education and training, 10.0% Manufacturing, 9.0% Construction, 8.6% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.7% Public administration and safety, 4.9% Financial and insurance services, 4.8% Wholesale trade.

37.8% of homes are fully owned, and 42.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 17.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $625 per week and the median household income is $1420 per week.

The median rent in Heathmont is $295 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1751 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Heathmont postcode 3135