Hodgson Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,274 people in Hodgson Vale of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Hodgson Vale was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.5% of the population.

Of people in Hodgson Vale aged 15 years and over, 68.1% were married and 7.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hodgson Vale was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Hodgson Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hodgson Vale was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Hodgson Vale 35.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.2% were in primary school, 27.4% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hodgson Vale were Australian 34.4%, English 28.5%, Irish 12.6%, Scottish 8.2% and German 7.5%.

In Hodgson Vale, 89.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, New Zealand 1.7%, India 0.6%, South Africa 0.6% and Scotland 0.4%.

In Hodgson Vale, 81.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hodgson Vale were Catholic 29.0%, Anglican 21.2%, No Religion 14.2%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Hodgson Vale 95.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tongan 0.5%, Afrikaans 0.5%, Italian 0.3%, German 0.2% and Dutch 0.2%.

Employment

There were 683 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hodgson Vale. Of these 58.4% were employed full time, 32.2% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hodgson Vale, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hodgson Vale was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Hodgson Vale included Professionals 23.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.5%, Managers 14.9%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5% and Labourers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Hodgson Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.8%, Hospitals 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Tertiary Education 3.2% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hodgson Vale was $725.

In Hodgson Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.1%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Truck 1.5%, Walked only 1.1% and Bus 0.6%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hodgson Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.4% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.6% 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 Hodgson Vale, 28.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hodgson Vale, 57.9% were couple families with children, 33.1% were couple families without children and 8.2% were one parent families.

In Hodgson Vale 21.9% of single parents were male and 78.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hodgson Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,441 and those without children was $2,187.

Employment status of couple families

In Hodgson Vale, of couple families with children, 23.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 27.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hodgson Vale, 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hodgson Vale, 98.4% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Hodgson Vale, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 4.2% had 2 bedrooms and 19.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hodgson Vale, 36.5% were owned outright, 52.6% were owned with a mortgage and 8.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Hodgson Vale, of all households, 88.8% were family households, 10.2% were single person households and 1.0% were group households.

In Hodgson Vale, 10.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.8% 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 Hodgson Vale, 17.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hodgson Vale, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 57.1%) were male and 3 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 52 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 Hodgson Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,250.

In Hodgson Vale, 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.