Glen Huon

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 618 people in Glen Huon of these 53.2% were male and 46.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Glen Huon was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.1% of the population.

Of people in Glen Huon aged 15 years and over, 55.4% were married and 13.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glen Huon was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Glen Huon, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glen Huon was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Glen Huon 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 46.2% were in primary school, 28.5% in secondary school and 6.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glen Huon were English 34.5%, Australian 31.9%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 8.3% and German 2.5%.

In Glen Huon, 84.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, United States of America 2.3%, New Zealand 1.0%, Austria 0.6% and Scotland 0.6%.

In Glen Huon, 75.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glen Huon were No Religion 32.0%, Anglican 18.1%, Latter-day Saints 15.2%, Catholic 7.6% and Uniting Church 7.1%.

In Glen Huon 97.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Croatian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 259 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glen Huon. Of these 49.8% were employed full time, 39.8% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glen Huon, 14.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glen Huon was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Glen Huon included Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Labourers 15.3%, Managers 11.3%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Professionals 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9%.

Of the employed people in Glen Huon, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 7.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.0%, Residential Building Construction 3.6%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.2% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glen Huon was $491.

In Glen Huon, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.7%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Car as driver, truck 1.6%, Walked only 1.6% and Bus 1.2%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glen Huon, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.8% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.5% 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 Glen Huon, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glen Huon, 43.5% were couple families with children, 41.7% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Glen Huon 26.7% of single parents were male and 73.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glen Huon, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,888 and those without children was $1,600.

Employment status of couple families

In Glen Huon, of couple families with children, 10.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 29.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glen Huon, 85.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Huon, 97.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Glen Huon, of occupied private dwellings 5.5% had 1 bedroom, 14.3% had 2 bedrooms and 52.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Huon, 33.0% were owned outright, 45.9% were owned with a mortgage and 17.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Glen Huon, of all households, 77.1% were family households, 20.6% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Glen Huon, 29.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.0% 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 Glen Huon, 28.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glen Huon, there were 42 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 21 (or 50.0%) were male and 21 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Glen Huon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,062.

In Glen Huon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,350.