Healesville Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Healesville (3777) is a suburb of Melbourne, Yarra-Dandenong Ranges, Victoria. It is about 51 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Healesville is in the federal electorate of Casey.

In the 2011 census the population of Healesville was 6,839 and is comprised of approximately 52.1% females and 47.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Healesville is 42 years of age.

79.8% of people living in the suburb of Healesville were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.3% England, 1.4% New Zealand, 1.1% Netherlands, 0.9% Germany, 0.8% Scotland, 0.4% Italy, 0.4% South Africa, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% Wales, 0.2% India, 0.2% United States of America, 0.2% Poland, 0.2% Greece, 0.2% Japan.

91.7% of people living in Healesville speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Italian, 0.7% German, 0.6% Other, 0.4% Dutch, 0.4% Greek, 0.3% Japanese, 0.2% Polish, 0.1% Hungarian.

The religious makeup of Healesville is 36.0% No religion, 18.9% Catholic, 14.0% Anglican, 10.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.1% Uniting Church, 3.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.0% Christian, nfd, 1.6% Buddhism, 1.5% Pentecostal, 1.4% Other religious affiliation .

45.9% of people are married, 32.3% have never married and 11.7% are divorced and 3.4% are separated. There are 371 widowed people living in Healesville.

54.8% of the people living in Healesville over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 34.8% are working on a part time basis. Healesville has an unemployment rate of 4.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Healesville are 19.2% Technicians & trades workers, 15.8% Professionals, 12.6% Managers, 12.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.9% Labourers, 10.7% Community & personal service workers, 8.2% Sales workers, 7.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Healesville work in are 13.4% Construction, 13.2% Manufacturing, 10.7% Health care and social assistance, 10.4% Retail trade, 8.5% Accommodation and food services, 6.8% Education and training, 5.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.4% Other services, 4.3% Transport, postal and warehousing.

35.2% of homes are fully owned, and 39.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 21.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $500 per week and the median household income is $982 per week.

The median rent in Healesville is $219 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1570 per month.

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