Harrington Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,638 people in Harrington Park of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Harrington Park was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.7% of the population.

Of people in Harrington Park aged 15 years and over, 64.6% were married and 7.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Harrington Park was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Harrington Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Harrington Park was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Harrington Park 35.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.3% were in primary school, 25.8% in secondary school and 13.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Harrington Park were Australian 29.7%, English 25.9%, Irish 6.4%, Italian 5.8% and Scottish 5.4%.

In Harrington Park, 78.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 0.9%, India 0.8% and Italy 0.8%.

In Harrington Park, 55.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Harrington Park were Catholic 39.7%, Anglican 28.2%, No Religion 10.8%, Eastern Orthodox 2.6% and Uniting Church 2.5%.

In Harrington Park 84.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.9%, Arabic 1.1%, Spanish 1.0%, Hindi 0.8% and Croatian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 4,110 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Harrington Park. Of these 64.8% were employed full time, 25.9% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Harrington Park, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Harrington Park was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Harrington Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.6%, Professionals 17.0%, Managers 15.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Sales Workers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7% and Labourers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Harrington Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.9% and Public Order and Safety Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Harrington Park was $770.

In Harrington Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.7%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Train, car as driver 2.8%, Train 2.1% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 6.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Harrington Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.6% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.1% 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 Harrington Park, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Harrington Park, 63.7% were couple families with children, 25.0% were couple families without children and 10.7% were one parent families.

In Harrington Park 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Harrington Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,570 and those without children was $2,342.

Employment status of couple families

In Harrington Park, of couple families with children, 28.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 29.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Harrington Park, 95.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Harrington Park, 99.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Harrington Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 0.6% had 2 bedrooms and 8.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Harrington Park, 19.6% were owned outright, 66.1% were owned with a mortgage and 13.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Harrington Park, of all households, 92.4% were family households, 7.0% were single person households and 0.6% were group households.

In Harrington Park, 8.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.1% 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 Harrington Park, 17.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 55.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Harrington Park, there were 92 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 48 (or 52.2%) were male and 44 (or 47.8%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Harrington Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,166.

In Harrington Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $480 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,000.