Hamilton Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,855 people in Hamilton Hill of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Hamilton Hill was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.2% of the population.

Of people in Hamilton Hill aged 15 years and over, 38.7% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hamilton Hill was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Hamilton Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hamilton Hill was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Hamilton Hill 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.0% were in primary school, 13.3% in secondary school and 22.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hamilton Hill were English 24.5%, Australian 21.1%, Italian 9.7%, Irish 6.8% and Scottish 5.9%.

In Hamilton Hill, 58.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.8%, Italy 5.2%, New Zealand 3.3%, Portugal 1.7% and Croatia 1.7%.

In Hamilton Hill, 36.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 48.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hamilton Hill were Catholic 32.8%, No Religion 25.7%, Anglican 13.2%, Uniting Church 2.3% and Christian, nfd 2.1%.

In Hamilton Hill 70.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 7.4%, Portuguese 2.3%, Croatian 2.0%, Serbian 1.1% and Spanish 1.0%.

Employment

There were 4,746 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hamilton Hill. Of these 56.6% were employed full time, 30.1% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hamilton Hill, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hamilton Hill was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Hamilton Hill included Professionals 20.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Labourers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Managers 8.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2% and Sales Workers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Hamilton Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, School Education 4.3%, Hospitals 4.0%, Tertiary Education 2.9% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hamilton Hill was $532.

In Hamilton Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.2%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Bus 4.8%, Walked only 2.1% and Train, bus 1.5%. On the day, 10.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hamilton Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.8% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.7% 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 Hamilton Hill, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hamilton Hill, 35.2% were couple families with children, 39.3% were couple families without children and 23.2% were one parent families.

In Hamilton Hill 17.9% of single parents were male and 82.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hamilton Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,309 and those without children was $2,138.

Employment status of couple families

In Hamilton Hill, of couple families with children, 17.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 18.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hamilton Hill, 90.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hamilton Hill, 72.3% were separate houses, 20.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Hamilton Hill, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 19.7% had 2 bedrooms and 53.5% 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 Hamilton Hill, 30.5% were owned outright, 29.6% were owned with a mortgage and 36.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Hamilton Hill, of all households, 62.7% were family households, 32.0% were single person households and 5.4% were group households.

In Hamilton Hill, 31.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.9% 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 Hamilton Hill, 38.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hamilton Hill, there were 294 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 156 (or 53.1%) were male and 138 (or 46.9%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Hamilton Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $743.

In Hamilton Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $174 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,800.