Hay Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,470 people in Hay Point of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Hay Point was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.9% of the population.

Of people in Hay Point aged 15 years and over, 48.8% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hay Point was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Hay Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hay Point was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Hay Point 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.5% were in primary school, 21.7% in secondary school and 8.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hay Point were Australian 33.8%, English 27.1%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 7.8% and German 4.9%.

In Hay Point, 84.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.2%, England 1.4%, Scotland 0.7%, Germany 0.4% and Netherlands 0.4%.

In Hay Point, 81.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hay Point were Catholic 24.4%, No Religion 21.6%, Anglican 20.0%, Uniting Church 9.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Hay Point 91.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.3%, Swedish 0.3%, Finnish 0.3%, Italian 0.2% and Filipino 0.2%.

Employment

There were 711 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hay Point. Of these 66.8% were employed full time, 19.8% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hay Point, 6.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hay Point was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Hay Point included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 19.1%, Labourers 15.2%, Professionals 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 7.7%, Managers 7.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Hay Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 12.9%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.7%, Water Transport Support Services 3.7%, Rail Freight Transport 3.4% and School Education 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hay Point was $751.

In Hay Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.2%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Bus 3.0%, Walked only 2.1% and Other 1.2%. On the day, 3.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hay Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 8.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.2% 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 Hay Point, 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hay Point, 44.6% were couple families with children, 40.1% were couple families without children and 14.5% were one parent families.

In Hay Point 28.6% of single parents were male and 71.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hay Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,583 and those without children was $2,323.

Employment status of couple families

In Hay Point, of couple families with children, 20.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hay Point, 85.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hay Point, 98.3% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Hay Point, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 11.3% had 2 bedrooms and 53.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hay Point, 26.5% were owned outright, 37.8% were owned with a mortgage and 32.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Hay Point, of all households, 80.1% were family households, 17.4% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Hay Point, 15.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.9% 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 Hay Point, 27.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hay Point, there were 60 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 35 (or 58.3%) were male and 25 (or 41.7%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Hay Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Hay Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $270 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.