Mount Hardey

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 437 people in Mount Hardey of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Hardey was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.4% of the population.

Of people in Mount Hardey aged 15 years and over, 60.5% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Hardey was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Mount Hardey, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Hardey was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 52 years.

In Mount Hardey 23.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.7% were in primary school, 18.8% in secondary school and 15.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Hardey were English 37.6%, Australian 31.8%, Scottish 8.8%, Irish 8.8% and Dutch 1.4%.

In Mount Hardey, 74.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.4%, New Zealand 3.7%, Netherlands 1.1%, South Africa 1.1% and Denmark 0.7%.

In Mount Hardey, 62.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Hardey were Anglican 29.8%, No Religion 25.9%, Catholic 17.4%, Uniting Church 7.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%.

In Mount Hardey 91.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 0.9%, Dutch 0.7% and Italian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 227 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Hardey. Of these 63.0% were employed full time, 29.1% were employed part-time and 1.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Hardey, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Hardey was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Hardey included Managers 35.1%, Professionals 12.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0%, Labourers 9.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.7%, Sales Workers 7.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Mount Hardey, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 29.5%, Road Freight Transport 5.4%, School Education 4.5%, Agricultural Product Wholesaling 4.0% and Hospitals 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Hardey was $507.

In Mount Hardey, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.9%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Other 2.3%, Car as driver, other 2.3% and Bus 1.8%. On the day, 3.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Hardey, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.0% provided care for children and 16.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.6% 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 Mount Hardey, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Hardey, 37.8% were couple families with children, 54.8% were couple families without children and 7.4% were one parent families.

In Mount Hardey 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Hardey, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,957 and those without children was $1,607.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Hardey, of couple families with children, 24.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 17.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Hardey, 73.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Hardey, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Hardey, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 14.0% had 2 bedrooms and 43.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Hardey, 49.4% were owned outright, 35.6% were owned with a mortgage and 10.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Hardey, of all households, 75.1% were family households, 23.1% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Mount Hardey, 29.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.1% 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 Mount Hardey, 11.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 45.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Hardey, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 33.3%) were male and 6 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 8 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 Mount Hardey, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Mount Hardey, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $5,000.