Hampstead Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,359 people in Hampstead Gardens of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Hampstead Gardens was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.6% of the population.

Of people in Hampstead Gardens aged 15 years and over, 42.8% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hampstead Gardens was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Hampstead Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hampstead Gardens was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Hampstead Gardens 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.8% were in primary school, 10.9% in secondary school and 35.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hampstead Gardens were English 23.1%, Australian 20.5%, Indian 6.1%, Chinese 5.9% and German 5.1%.

In Hampstead Gardens, 59.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 8.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.0%, England 3.8%, Malaysia 3.0% and Italy 1.7%.

In Hampstead Gardens, 41.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 49.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hampstead Gardens were No Religion 22.8%, Catholic 19.6%, Anglican 8.1%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Eastern Orthodox 6.0%.

In Hampstead Gardens 61.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.6%, Greek 3.5%, Gujarati 3.2%, Italian 2.5% and Punjabi 1.6%.

Employment

There were 689 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hampstead Gardens. Of these 54.1% were employed full time, 34.5% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hampstead Gardens, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hampstead Gardens was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Hampstead Gardens included Professionals 24.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Labourers 12.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.6%, Managers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Sales Workers 9.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Hampstead Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, School Education 3.9%, State Government Administration 3.6% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hampstead Gardens was $492.

In Hampstead Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.8%, Bus 11.7%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Walked only 2.8% and Bicycle 1.1%. On the day, 12.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hampstead Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.7% 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, 16.6% 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 Hampstead Gardens, 23.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hampstead Gardens, 40.2% were couple families with children, 35.5% were couple families without children and 19.8% were one parent families.

In Hampstead Gardens 30.4% of single parents were male and 69.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hampstead Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,874 and those without children was $2,192.

Employment status of couple families

In Hampstead Gardens, of couple families with children, 18.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 23.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hampstead Gardens, 89.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hampstead Gardens, 69.7% were separate houses, 16.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Hampstead Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 8.9% had 1 bedroom, 25.7% had 2 bedrooms and 52.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hampstead Gardens, 26.8% were owned outright, 27.2% were owned with a mortgage and 41.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Hampstead Gardens, of all households, 58.5% were family households, 36.7% were single person households and 4.8% were group households.

In Hampstead Gardens, 32.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.9% 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 Hampstead Gardens, 38.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hampstead Gardens, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 55.6%) were male and 4 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Hampstead Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $179.

In Hampstead Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.