St Huberts Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,032 people in St Huberts Island of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in St Huberts Island was 55 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 34.9% of the population.

Of people in St Huberts Island aged 15 years and over, 59.1% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in St Huberts Island was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In St Huberts Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in St Huberts Island was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In St Huberts Island 22.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.7% were in primary school, 29.9% in secondary school and 19.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in St Huberts Island were English 35.0%, Australian 30.8%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 7.2% and German 2.3%.

In St Huberts Island, 81.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 1.2%, South Africa 1.1% and Netherlands 0.9%.

In St Huberts Island, 67.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in St Huberts Island were Catholic 33.7%, Anglican 33.1%, No Religion 12.0%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In St Huberts Island 93.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.7%, Portuguese 0.4%, German 0.3%, Dutch 0.3% and Afrikaans 0.3%.

Employment

There were 419 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in St Huberts Island. Of these 51.1% were employed full time, 39.4% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in St Huberts Island, 14.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in St Huberts Island was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in St Huberts Island included Professionals 19.5%, Managers 16.5%, Sales Workers 15.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Labourers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in St Huberts Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 3.7%, Hospitals 3.4%, Real Estate Services 3.0%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 2.7% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in St Huberts Island was $504.

In St Huberts Island, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.5%, Train 7.2%, Car, as passenger 2.0%, Train, car as driver 2.0% and Truck 1.7%. On the day, 11.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In St Huberts Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.1% provided care for children and 15.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.8% 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 St Huberts Island, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in St Huberts Island, 34.9% were couple families with children, 53.1% were couple families without children and 11.9% were one parent families.

In St Huberts Island 8.3% of single parents were male and 91.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In St Huberts Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,422 and those without children was $2,166.

Employment status of couple families

In St Huberts Island, of couple families with children, 12.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 16.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In St Huberts Island, 80.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Huberts Island, 97.9% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In St Huberts Island, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 4.0% had 2 bedrooms and 49.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Huberts Island, 62.5% were owned outright, 24.1% were owned with a mortgage and 11.0% were rented.

Household composition

In St Huberts Island, of all households, 75.6% were family households, 23.0% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In St Huberts Island, 27.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.6% 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 St Huberts Island, 35.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In St Huberts Island, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 58.3%) were male and 5 (or 41.7%) 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 St Huberts Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $774.

In St Huberts Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,359.