Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 445 people in Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld) of these 55.7% were male and 44.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.8% of the population.

Of people in Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld) aged 15 years and over, 59.7% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 60.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld) 22.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.4% were in primary school, 12.5% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld) were Australian 36.8%, English 26.5%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 7.9% and German 2.6%.

In Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), 80.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, Papua New Guinea 2.5%, Netherlands 1.8%, New Zealand 1.8% and Canada 1.1%.

In Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), 74.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld) were Catholic 26.0%, Anglican 19.5%, No Religion 15.9%, Uniting Church 9.2% and Seventh-day Adventist 4.3%.

In Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld) 89.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.1%, Spanish 0.9%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.9% and Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian) 0.7%.

Employment

There were 221 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld). Of these 68.8% were employed full time, 21.3% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld) included Managers 25.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 22.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.5%, Labourers 12.1%, Professionals 7.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.7% and Sales Workers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 21.5%, Metal Ore Mining 11.2%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.7%, Road Freight Transport 3.7% and Accommodation 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld) was $602.

In Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 49.3%, Car, as passenger 9.8%, Walked only 6.0%, Bus 3.3% and Motorbike/scooter 1.9%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), 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, 22.5% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.8% 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 Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), 18.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), 47.2% were couple families with children, 47.2% were couple families without children and 2.8% were one parent families.

In Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), of couple families with children, 28.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 12.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), 85.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), 84.8% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 13.1% were other dwellings.

In Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), of occupied private dwellings 15.3% had 1 bedroom, 11.1% had 2 bedrooms and 34.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), 45.9% were owned outright, 32.2% were owned with a mortgage and 14.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), of all households, 74.7% were family households, 23.3% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), 28.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.0% 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 Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), 26.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 35.7%) were male and 9 (or 64.3%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Hervey Range (Charters Towers - Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,000.