Hope Valley (SA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,640 people in Hope Valley (SA) of these 46.2% were male and 53.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Hope Valley (SA) was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 28.8% of the population.

Of people in Hope Valley (SA) aged 15 years and over, 51.1% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hope Valley (SA) was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Hope Valley (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 52.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hope Valley (SA) was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Hope Valley (SA) 25.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.7% were in primary school, 17.1% in secondary school and 20.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hope Valley (SA) were English 29.8%, Australian 26.9%, Italian 7.4%, German 6.3% and Scottish 6.1%.

In Hope Valley (SA), 71.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.7%, Italy 2.2%, Germany 1.5%, Scotland 1.4% and Netherlands 0.8%.

In Hope Valley (SA), 52.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hope Valley (SA) were Catholic 21.6%, No Religion 21.3%, Anglican 13.1%, Uniting Church 12.5% and Lutheran 5.5%.

In Hope Valley (SA) 83.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.3%, German 0.8%, Greek 0.8%, Arabic 0.7% and Mandarin 0.6%.

Employment

There were 3,392 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hope Valley (SA). Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 31.4% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hope Valley (SA), 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hope Valley (SA) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Hope Valley (SA) included Professionals 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Labourers 9.5%, Managers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Hope Valley (SA), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Hospitals 3.8%, Residential Care Services 3.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hope Valley (SA) was $467.

In Hope Valley (SA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.5%, Bus 7.5%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Walked only 1.3% and Bus, car as driver 1.2%. On the day, 9.7% 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 Hope Valley (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 67.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.4% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.2% 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 Hope Valley (SA), 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hope Valley (SA), 38.0% were couple families with children, 45.9% were couple families without children and 15.0% were one parent families.

In Hope Valley (SA) 18.0% of single parents were male and 82.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hope Valley (SA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,092 and those without children was $1,868.

Employment status of couple families

In Hope Valley (SA), of couple families with children, 16.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hope Valley (SA), 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hope Valley (SA), 71.4% were separate houses, 24.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Hope Valley (SA), of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 27.4% had 2 bedrooms and 51.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hope Valley (SA), 34.4% were owned outright, 33.4% were owned with a mortgage and 17.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Hope Valley (SA), of all households, 66.5% were family households, 31.5% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Hope Valley (SA), 30.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.0% 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 Hope Valley (SA), 41.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hope Valley (SA), there were 46 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 27 (or 58.7%) were male and 19 (or 41.3%) 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 Hope Valley (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,799.

In Hope Valley (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $128 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,494.