Hamilton Plains

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 393 people in Hamilton Plains of these 55.7% were male and 44.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Hamilton Plains was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.1% of the population.

Of people in Hamilton Plains aged 15 years and over, 56.9% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hamilton Plains was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Hamilton Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hamilton Plains was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Hamilton Plains 24.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.5% were in primary school, 27.1% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hamilton Plains were English 34.4%, Australian 31.7%, Scottish 9.0%, Irish 7.4% and Italian 5.7%.

In Hamilton Plains, 93.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.3%, New Zealand 1.3%, Italy 0.8% and Philippines 0.8%.

In Hamilton Plains, 81.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hamilton Plains were Catholic 24.7%, Anglican 24.2%, No Religion 20.7%, Uniting Church 14.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Hamilton Plains 96.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.0% and Japanese 0.8%.

Employment

There were 210 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hamilton Plains. Of these 65.7% were employed full time, 24.3% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hamilton Plains, 5.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 61.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hamilton Plains was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Hamilton Plains included Managers 26.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.2%, Labourers 14.1%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.1%, Professionals 7.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Hamilton Plains, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 18.7%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 6.6%, School Education 6.6%, Coal Mining 4.5% and Accommodation 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hamilton Plains was $518.

In Hamilton Plains, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.8%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Walked only 5.0%, Bus, ferry 1.5% and Bus, car as driver 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 68.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hamilton Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.7% provided care for children and 15.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.4% 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 Hamilton Plains, 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hamilton Plains, 48.6% were couple families with children, 47.7% were couple families without children and 3.7% were one parent families.

In Hamilton Plains 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hamilton Plains, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,656 and those without children was $1,421.

Employment status of couple families

In Hamilton Plains, of couple families with children, 23.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hamilton Plains, 90.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hamilton Plains, 86.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 13.2% were other dwellings.

In Hamilton Plains, of occupied private dwellings 12.4% had 1 bedroom, 11.7% had 2 bedrooms and 38.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hamilton Plains, 43.4% were owned outright, 29.4% were owned with a mortgage and 25.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Hamilton Plains, of all households, 78.1% were family households, 21.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Hamilton Plains, 24.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Hamilton Plains, 28.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hamilton Plains, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 63.2%) were male and 7 (or 36.8%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Hamilton Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Hamilton Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.