Haymarket

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,376 people in Haymarket of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Haymarket was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 4.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.2% of the population.

Of people in Haymarket aged 15 years and over, 25.5% were married and 5.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Haymarket was 33 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Haymarket, of people aged 15 years and over, 21.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Haymarket was 33 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Haymarket 56.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 2.4% were in primary school, 2.0% in secondary school and 49.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Haymarket were Chinese 32.7%, Thai 12.8%, English 6.6%, Korean 6.4% and Indonesian 4.9%.

In Haymarket, 10.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 18.3%, Thailand 14.8%, Indonesia 10.8%, Korea, Republic of (South) 7.0% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.3%.

In Haymarket, 5.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 92.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Haymarket were No Religion 27.7%, Buddhism 26.6%, Catholic 12.4%, Christian, nfd 2.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.4%.

In Haymarket 15.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 17.0%, Thai 14.4%, Indonesian 9.6%, Cantonese 7.6% and Korean 6.4%.

Employment

There were 2,735 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Haymarket. Of these 41.4% were employed full time, 40.4% were employed part-time and 12.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Haymarket, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 26.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 29.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Haymarket was 31 years and for people who were employed part-time was 28 years.

The most common occupations in Haymarket included Professionals 18.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 17.1%, Labourers 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Sales Workers 11.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Managers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Haymarket, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 24.1%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.1%, Accommodation 4.0%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.1% and Computer System Design and Related Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Haymarket was $358.

In Haymarket, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 37.0%, Bus 18.6%, Train 15.2%, Car, as driver 8.3% and Train, bus 2.8%. On the day, 39.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 10.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Haymarket, of people aged 15 years and over, 35.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 7.0% provided care for children and 3.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.6% 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 Haymarket, 11.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 3.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Haymarket, 20.8% were couple families with children, 56.7% were couple families without children and 8.6% were one parent families.

In Haymarket 11.6% of single parents were male and 88.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Haymarket, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,805 and those without children was $1,435.

Employment status of couple families

In Haymarket, of couple families with children, 21.5% had both partners employed full-time, 9.5% had both employed part-time and 11.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Haymarket, 88.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Haymarket, 0.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 99.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Haymarket, of occupied private dwellings 20.8% had 1 bedroom, 52.7% had 2 bedrooms and 14.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Haymarket, 14.1% were owned outright, 17.4% were owned with a mortgage and 63.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Haymarket, of all households, 47.5% were family households, 22.2% were single person households and 30.4% were group households.

In Haymarket, 31.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.8% 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 Haymarket, 28.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 3.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Haymarket, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 75.0%) were male and 3 (or 25.0%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Haymarket, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Haymarket, 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.