Holwell

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 212 people in Holwell of these 54.2% were male and 45.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Holwell was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.6% of the population.

Of people in Holwell aged 15 years and over, 46.7% were married and 15.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Holwell was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Holwell, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Holwell was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Holwell 21.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.1% were in primary school, 29.2% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Holwell were Australian 44.2%, English 36.0%, Scottish 6.2%, Irish 3.1% and Austrian 1.2%.

In Holwell, 87.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, New Zealand 2.3%, Netherlands 1.4%, Philippines 1.4% and Serbia 1.4%.

In Holwell, 77.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Holwell were No Religion 29.8%, Anglican 26.0%, Catholic 8.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1% and Uniting Church 4.2%.

In Holwell 97.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Filipino 1.4%.

Employment

There were 103 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Holwell. Of these 53.4% were employed full time, 24.3% were employed part-time and 8.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Holwell, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Holwell was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Holwell included Labourers 18.9%, Managers 16.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.8%, Sales Workers 13.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.6%, Professionals 7.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Holwell, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.3%, Beverage Manufacturing 6.2%, Road Freight Transport 4.1%, Metal Ore Mining 3.1% and Bakery Product Manufacturing 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Holwell was $379.

In Holwell, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 52.6%, Bus 4.2%, Car, as passenger 4.2% and Other 4.2%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Holwell, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.4% provided care for children and 15.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.1% 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 Holwell, 20.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Holwell, 40.3% were couple families with children, 48.4% were couple families without children and 11.3% were one parent families.

In Holwell 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Holwell, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $2,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Holwell, of couple families with children, 13.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 13.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Holwell, 87.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Holwell, 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 Holwell, of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 21.3% had 2 bedrooms and 46.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Holwell, 42.7% were owned outright, 34.8% were owned with a mortgage and 14.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Holwell, of all households, 76.7% were family households, 23.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Holwell, 30.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Holwell, 23.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Holwell, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 39 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 Holwell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Holwell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.