Howqua Inlet

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 515 people in Howqua Inlet of these 42.3% were male and 57.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Howqua Inlet was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.5% of the population.

Of people in Howqua Inlet aged 15 years and over, 51.0% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Howqua Inlet was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Howqua Inlet, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Howqua Inlet was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Howqua Inlet 35.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.8% were in primary school, 54.6% in secondary school and 7.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Howqua Inlet were English 27.5%, Australian 24.8%, Irish 12.3%, Scottish 9.0% and German 4.7%.

In Howqua Inlet, 83.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, United States of America 1.4%, Netherlands 1.2%, New Zealand 1.2% and Hungary 1.0%.

In Howqua Inlet, 65.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Howqua Inlet were No Religion 29.2%, Catholic 23.3%, Anglican 19.3%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Christian, nfd 3.1%.

In Howqua Inlet 89.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 2.7%, Mandarin 1.8%, Swedish 0.8%, Hindi 0.8% and Hungarian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 209 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Howqua Inlet. Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Howqua Inlet, 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Howqua Inlet was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Howqua Inlet included Managers 27.1%, Professionals 20.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.1%, Labourers 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5% and Sales Workers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Howqua Inlet, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 15.1%, Accommodation 10.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.0% and Hospitals 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Howqua Inlet was $439.

In Howqua Inlet, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.0%, Walked only 7.0%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Other 2.0% and Bicycle 1.5%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Howqua Inlet, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.3% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.6% 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 Howqua Inlet, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Howqua Inlet, 33.9% were couple families with children, 57.9% were couple families without children and 8.3% were one parent families.

In Howqua Inlet 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Howqua Inlet, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,694 and those without children was $1,208.

Employment status of couple families

In Howqua Inlet, of couple families with children, 12.8% had both partners employed full-time, 10.1% had both employed part-time and 22.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Howqua Inlet, 41.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 58.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Howqua Inlet, 98.3% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Howqua Inlet, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 26.0% had 2 bedrooms and 41.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Howqua Inlet, 46.5% were owned outright, 27.1% were owned with a mortgage and 22.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Howqua Inlet, of all households, 67.4% were family households, 29.7% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Howqua Inlet, 33.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.9% 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 Howqua Inlet, 34.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

In Howqua Inlet, 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.