Hanwood

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,490 people in Hanwood of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Hanwood was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Hanwood aged 15 years and over, 59.9% were married and 8.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hanwood was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Hanwood, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hanwood was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Hanwood 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.3% were in primary school, 24.2% in secondary school and 10.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hanwood were Italian 30.8%, Australian 22.2%, English 21.2%, Scottish 5.4% and Irish 5.0%.

In Hanwood, 79.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 7.2%, India 2.5%, New Zealand 1.3%, England 0.9% and South Africa 0.7%.

In Hanwood, 57.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hanwood were Catholic 57.9%, Anglican 13.8%, No Religion 6.8%, Uniting Church 5.4% and Sikhism 3.7%.

In Hanwood 72.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 16.0%, Punjabi 3.4%, Samoan 0.7%, Mandarin 0.6% and Afrikaans 0.5%.

Employment

There were 794 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hanwood. Of these 63.2% were employed full time, 27.3% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hanwood, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hanwood was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Hanwood included Managers 28.9%, Labourers 13.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Professionals 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Hanwood, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 15.5%, Beverage Manufacturing 5.8%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hanwood was $522.

In Hanwood, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.9%, Walked only 6.2%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Motorbike/scooter 1.4% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 0.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hanwood, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.5% provided care for children and 14.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Hanwood, 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hanwood, 52.9% were couple families with children, 38.1% were couple families without children and 7.9% were one parent families.

In Hanwood 13.3% of single parents were male and 86.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hanwood, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,767 and those without children was $1,723.

Employment status of couple families

In Hanwood, of couple families with children, 23.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 28.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hanwood, 87.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hanwood, 97.6% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Hanwood, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 10.0% had 2 bedrooms and 48.5% 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 Hanwood, 38.1% were owned outright, 31.5% were owned with a mortgage and 26.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Hanwood, of all households, 78.2% were family households, 20.2% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Hanwood, 26.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Hanwood, 24.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hanwood, there were 35 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 51.4%) were male and 17 (or 48.6%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Hanwood, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Hanwood, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $650.