Hackham West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,609 people in Hackham West of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Hackham West was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.0% of the population.

Of people in Hackham West aged 15 years and over, 35.0% were married and 18.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hackham West was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Hackham West, of people aged 15 years and over, 35.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hackham West was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Hackham West 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.7% were in primary school, 23.1% in secondary school and 14.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hackham West were English 34.9%, Australian 28.6%, Scottish 7.5%, German 5.9% and Irish 5.7%.

In Hackham West, 75.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.0%, New Zealand 1.4%, Scotland 1.4%, Germany 1.3% and Netherlands 0.8%.

In Hackham West, 59.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hackham West were No Religion 38.1%, Catholic 14.4%, Anglican 13.0%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Christian, nfd 3.5%.

In Hackham West 90.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.0%, Arabic 0.4%, Dutch 0.3%, Spanish 0.3% and Serbian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,460 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hackham West. Of these 48.5% were employed full time, 33.2% were employed part-time and 10.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hackham West, 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 28.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hackham West was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Hackham West included Labourers 18.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 11.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.7%, Professionals 7.4% and Managers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Hackham West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 6.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.3% and Hospitals 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hackham West was $385.

In Hackham West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.6%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Bus 4.2%, Walked only 1.4% and Train 1.3%. On the day, 7.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hackham West, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.0% provided care for children and 14.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.6% 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 Hackham West, 23.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hackham West, 30.4% were couple families with children, 33.9% were couple families without children and 33.6% were one parent families.

In Hackham West 21.1% of single parents were male and 78.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hackham West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,612 and those without children was $1,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Hackham West, of couple families with children, 11.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 19.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hackham West, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hackham West, 81.1% were separate houses, 10.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Hackham West, of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 7.4% had 2 bedrooms and 75.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hackham West, 20.1% were owned outright, 32.7% were owned with a mortgage and 43.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Hackham West, of all households, 64.7% were family households, 32.4% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Hackham West, 40.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.1% 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 Hackham West, 42.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hackham West, there were 129 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 65 (or 50.4%) were male and 64 (or 49.6%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Hackham West, 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 $430.

In Hackham West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $129 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,033.