Croydon Hills Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Croydon Hills (3136) is a suburb of Melbourne, Yarra-Dandenong Ranges, Victoria. It is about 27 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Croydon Hills is in the federal electorate of Menzies.

In the 2011 census the population of Croydon Hills was 5,185 and is comprised of approximately 50.3% females and 49.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Croydon Hills is 37 years of age.

82.2% of people living in the suburb of Croydon Hills were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.9% England, 1.5% South Africa, 1.0% New Zealand, 1.0% Scotland, 0.7% Germany, 0.7% Sri Lanka, 0.6% China , 0.4% Italy, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Malaysia, 0.3% India, 0.3% Vietnam, 0.3% United States of America, 0.2% Argentina.

90.1% of people living in Croydon Hills speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.2% Other, 0.9% Italian, 0.6% Mandarin, 0.6% Arabic, 0.5% German, 0.4% Greek, 0.4% Cantonese, 0.3% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Croydon Hills is 24.6% No religion, 24.3% Catholic, 16.1% Anglican, 6.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.3% Uniting Church, 4.4% Baptist, 3.7% Lutheran, 3.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.9% Christian, nfd, 1.9% Pentecostal.

57.8% of people are married, 31.2% have never married and 6.2% are divorced and 2.3% are separated. There are 108 widowed people living in Croydon Hills.

56.1% of the people living in Croydon Hills over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 34.7% are working on a part time basis. Croydon Hills has an unemployment rate of 3.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Croydon Hills are 20.9% Professionals, 18.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.9% Sales workers, 13.8% Managers, 13.4% Technicians & trades workers, 9.5% Community & personal service workers, 6.0% Labourers, 3.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Croydon Hills work in are 12.5% Retail trade, 10.9% Health care and social assistance, 10.8% Manufacturing, 9.1% Education and training, 8.7% Construction, 7.9% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.0% Public administration and safety, 5.4% Accommodation and food services, 5.2% Financial and insurance services.

35.6% of homes are fully owned, and 54.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 8.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $657 per week and the median household income is $1802 per week.

The median rent in Croydon Hills is $381 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Croydon Hills postcode 3136