Harrietville

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 402 people in Harrietville of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Harrietville was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

Of people in Harrietville aged 15 years and over, 51.2% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Harrietville was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Harrietville, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Harrietville was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Harrietville 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.4% were in primary school, 28.7% in secondary school and 10.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Harrietville were Australian 31.2%, English 28.1%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.5% and Dutch 4.4%.

In Harrietville, 74.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.5%, Netherlands 1.2%, Austria 1.0%, Italy 1.0% and New Zealand 1.0%.

In Harrietville, 61.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Harrietville were No Religion 31.8%, Catholic 20.6%, Anglican 16.1%, Christian, nfd 5.2% and Uniting Church 3.7%.

In Harrietville 88.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.2%, Dutch 1.0%, German 0.7% and Spanish 0.7%.

Employment

There were 222 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Harrietville. Of these 59.5% were employed full time, 31.5% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Harrietville, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Harrietville was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Harrietville included Managers 22.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.6%, Labourers 19.6%, Professionals 15.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.6%, Sales Workers 5.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Harrietville, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 25.6%, Other Goods and Equipment Rental and Hiring 5.1%, School Education 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Harrietville was $537.

In Harrietville, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.2%, Walked only 17.5%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Bicycle 3.7% and Other 3.7%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 49.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Harrietville, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.3% provided care for children and 8.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.2% 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 Harrietville, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Harrietville, 38.6% were couple families with children, 58.4% were couple families without children and 3.0% were one parent families.

In Harrietville 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Harrietville, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,666 and those without children was $1,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Harrietville, of couple families with children, 19.8% had both partners employed full-time, 7.9% had both employed part-time and 20.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Harrietville, 61.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 38.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Harrietville, 94.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.3% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

In Harrietville, of occupied private dwellings 4.6% had 1 bedroom, 22.4% had 2 bedrooms and 47.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Harrietville, 39.5% were owned outright, 32.2% were owned with a mortgage and 25.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Harrietville, of all households, 68.2% were family households, 29.9% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Harrietville, 36.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Harrietville, 34.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Harrietville, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 43 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 Harrietville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Harrietville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.