Hunter Valley exc Newcastle

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 243,246 people in Hunter Valley exc Newcastle of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Hunter Valley exc Newcastle was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population.

Of people in Hunter Valley exc Newcastle aged 15 years and over, 50.6% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hunter Valley exc Newcastle was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hunter Valley exc Newcastle was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Hunter Valley exc Newcastle 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.9% were in primary school, 23.0% in secondary school and 15.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hunter Valley exc Newcastle were Australian 34.9%, English 32.2%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 7.5% and German 3.2%.

In Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, 86.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 0.4%, Germany 0.4% and South Africa 0.3%.

In Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, 79.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hunter Valley exc Newcastle were Anglican 31.4%, Catholic 25.1%, No Religion 16.8%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In Hunter Valley exc Newcastle 92.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.2%, Cantonese 0.2%, Italian 0.1%, Afrikaans 0.1% and Tagalog 0.1%.

Employment

There were 113,267 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hunter Valley exc Newcastle. Of these 59.2% were employed full time, 29.2% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hunter Valley exc Newcastle was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Hunter Valley exc Newcastle included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.6%, Professionals 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.2%, Labourers 11.5%, Managers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7% and Sales Workers 9.4%.

Of the employed people in Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 7.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, School Education 4.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8% and Hospitals 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hunter Valley exc Newcastle was $528.

In Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.1%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Walked only 2.9%, Truck 1.4% and Motorbike/scooter 0.6%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.4% 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 Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, 43.0% were couple families with children, 39.2% were couple families without children and 16.8% were one parent families.

In Hunter Valley exc Newcastle 18.5% of single parents were male and 81.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,303 and those without children was $2,010.

Employment status of couple families

In Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, of couple families with children, 18.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 22.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, 86.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, 87.8% were separate houses, 6.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.3% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 14.9% had 2 bedrooms and 45.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, 34.2% were owned outright, 35.3% were owned with a mortgage and 27.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, of all households, 74.1% were family households, 23.5% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, 25.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.5% 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 Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, 33.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, there were 9,504 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4,698 (or 49.4%) were male and 4,806 (or 50.6%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Hunter Valley exc Newcastle, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $223 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,700.