Hurlstone Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,692 people in Hurlstone Park of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Hurlstone Park was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.9% of the population.

Of people in Hurlstone Park aged 15 years and over, 49.2% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hurlstone Park was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Hurlstone Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hurlstone Park was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Hurlstone Park 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.7% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 26.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hurlstone Park were Australian 15.9%, English 15.3%, Greek 9.1%, Irish 7.1% and Italian 5.7%.

In Hurlstone Park, 56.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Greece 5.3%, Lebanon 3.1%, Italy 2.8%, England 2.5% and Philippines 2.2%.

In Hurlstone Park, 29.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 57.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hurlstone Park were Catholic 32.7%, No Religion 21.6%, Eastern Orthodox 13.0%, Anglican 7.8% and Buddhism 3.9%.

In Hurlstone Park 52.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 10.4%, Arabic 5.9%, Italian 4.2%, Portuguese 2.8% and Nepali 2.0%.

Employment

There were 2,466 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hurlstone Park. Of these 61.8% were employed full time, 27.7% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hurlstone Park, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hurlstone Park was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Hurlstone Park included Professionals 30.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Managers 12.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Labourers 8.3%, Sales Workers 7.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Hurlstone Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Tertiary Education 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, Hospitals 3.7% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hurlstone Park was $614.

In Hurlstone Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.1%, Train 19.6%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Bus 3.6% and Train, bus 3.1%. On the day, 29.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 51.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hurlstone Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.6% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.9% 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 Hurlstone Park, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hurlstone Park, 47.0% were couple families with children, 34.4% were couple families without children and 16.8% were one parent families.

In Hurlstone Park 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hurlstone Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,839 and those without children was $2,370.

Employment status of couple families

In Hurlstone Park, of couple families with children, 24.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hurlstone Park, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hurlstone Park, 64.6% were separate houses, 9.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 25.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Hurlstone Park, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 33.7% had 2 bedrooms and 40.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hurlstone Park, 38.2% were owned outright, 31.9% were owned with a mortgage and 26.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Hurlstone Park, of all households, 72.8% were family households, 23.7% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Hurlstone Park, 21.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.0% 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 Hurlstone Park, 46.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hurlstone Park, there were 67 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 33 (or 49.3%) were male and 34 (or 50.7%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Hurlstone Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,333.

In Hurlstone Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $156 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.