Hawthorn East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 13,101 people in Hawthorn East of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Hawthorn East was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Hawthorn East aged 15 years and over, 43.9% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hawthorn East was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Hawthorn East, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hawthorn East was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Hawthorn East 33.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.5% were in primary school, 16.2% in secondary school and 33.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hawthorn East were English 22.2%, Australian 21.7%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 8.1% and Chinese 5.9%.

In Hawthorn East, 65.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 3.7%, England 3.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.9%, New Zealand 2.0% and Malaysia 1.3%.

In Hawthorn East, 49.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hawthorn East were No Religion 29.3%, Catholic 22.3%, Anglican 12.9%, Uniting Church 4.2% and Eastern Orthodox 3.9%.

In Hawthorn East 73.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.6%, Greek 2.6%, Italian 1.6%, Cantonese 1.5% and Gujarati 1.5%.

Employment

There were 7,509 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hawthorn East. Of these 62.2% were employed full time, 28.4% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hawthorn East, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hawthorn East was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Hawthorn East included Professionals 40.9%, Managers 17.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.6%, Labourers 3.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.1%.

Of the employed people in Hawthorn East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 6.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, School Education 4.1%, Hospitals 3.8% and Tertiary Education 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hawthorn East was $862.

In Hawthorn East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.6%, Train 13.9%, Walked only 5.3%, Tram 4.3% and Train, tram 2.9%. On the day, 23.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hawthorn East, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.2% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.7% 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 Hawthorn East, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hawthorn East, 44.2% were couple families with children, 41.6% were couple families without children and 10.7% were one parent families.

In Hawthorn East 17.1% of single parents were male and 82.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hawthorn East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,359 and those without children was $2,616.

Employment status of couple families

In Hawthorn East, of couple families with children, 25.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 23.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hawthorn East, 90.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hawthorn East, 41.5% were separate houses, 17.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 40.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Hawthorn East, of occupied private dwellings 12.0% had 1 bedroom, 35.8% had 2 bedrooms and 28.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hawthorn East, 32.1% were owned outright, 26.8% were owned with a mortgage and 38.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Hawthorn East, of all households, 61.5% were family households, 29.2% were single person households and 9.3% were group households.

In Hawthorn East, 16.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 24.0% 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 Hawthorn East, 41.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hawthorn East, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 50.0%) were male and 11 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Hawthorn East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,196.

In Hawthorn East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $381 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.