Hamilton Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 392 people in Hamilton Valley of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Hamilton Valley was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.7% of the population.

Of people in Hamilton Valley aged 15 years and over, 56.5% were married and 8.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hamilton Valley was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Hamilton Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.2% 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 Hamilton Valley was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Hamilton Valley 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.3% were in primary school, 27.6% in secondary school and 24.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hamilton Valley were Australian 38.4%, English 30.6%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 6.6% and German 6.4%.

In Hamilton Valley, 92.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, Cyprus 0.8%, India 0.8%, New Zealand 0.8% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Hamilton Valley, 85.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hamilton Valley were Catholic 27.9%, Anglican 23.0%, No Religion 21.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.9% and Lutheran 5.1%.

In Hamilton Valley 94.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 2.1%, Auslan 1.0%, Greek 0.8% and Thai 0.8%.

Employment

There were 233 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hamilton Valley. Of these 53.6% were employed full time, 34.3% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hamilton Valley, 16.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hamilton Valley was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Hamilton Valley included Professionals 19.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.2%, Sales Workers 12.2%, Managers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.5%, Labourers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Hamilton Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 3.5%, Building Installation Services 3.5%, School Education 3.5%, Building Structure Services 3.1% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hamilton Valley was $671.

In Hamilton Valley, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 74.8%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Truck 1.3% and Walked only 1.3%. 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 78.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hamilton Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.2% provided care for children and 16.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.3% 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 Hamilton Valley, 32.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hamilton Valley, 51.4% were couple families with children, 38.5% were couple families without children and 10.1% were one parent families.

In Hamilton Valley 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hamilton Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,062 and those without children was $1,785.

Employment status of couple families

In Hamilton Valley, of couple families with children, 23.5% had both partners employed full-time, 9.8% had both employed part-time and 30.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hamilton Valley, 95.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hamilton Valley, 95.4% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Hamilton Valley, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.3% had 2 bedrooms and 55.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hamilton Valley, 37.5% were owned outright, 46.1% were owned with a mortgage and 14.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Hamilton Valley, of all households, 83.8% were family households, 13.1% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Hamilton Valley, 16.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.1% 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 Hamilton Valley, 18.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hamilton Valley, 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 Hamilton Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Hamilton Valley, 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.