North Hobart

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,653 people in North Hobart of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in North Hobart was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.8% of the population.

Of people in North Hobart aged 15 years and over, 27.4% were married and 15.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Hobart was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In North Hobart, of people aged 15 years and over, 28.2% 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 North Hobart was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In North Hobart 31.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.4% were in primary school, 17.7% in secondary school and 42.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Hobart were English 29.8%, Australian 25.6%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 8.1% and German 3.4%.

In North Hobart, 76.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.1%, Italy 1.1%, New Zealand 0.9% and Germany 0.7%.

In North Hobart, 60.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Hobart were No Religion 43.1%, Catholic 16.0%, Anglican 15.1%, Christian, nfd 2.5% and Uniting Church 2.1%.

In North Hobart 82.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.5%, Italian 1.1%, Greek 0.8%, Karen 0.6% and Arabic 0.6%.

Employment

There were 1,560 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Hobart. Of these 56.5% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Hobart, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Hobart was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The most common occupations in North Hobart included Professionals 34.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.7%, Managers 10.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.8%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Labourers 5.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in North Hobart, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 7.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.2%, School Education 6.1%, Hospitals 5.7% and Central Government Administration 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Hobart was $636.

In North Hobart, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 38.3%, Walked only 26.9%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Bus 5.2% and Bicycle 2.8%. On the day, 5.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 45.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Hobart, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.3% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.2% 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 North Hobart, 29.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Hobart, 33.7% were couple families with children, 44.2% were couple families without children and 19.4% were one parent families.

In North Hobart 25.2% of single parents were male and 74.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Hobart, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,325 and those without children was $2,179.

Employment status of couple families

In North Hobart, of couple families with children, 26.1% had both partners employed full-time, 7.2% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Hobart, 86.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Hobart, 50.0% were separate houses, 24.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

In North Hobart, of occupied private dwellings 13.3% had 1 bedroom, 35.8% had 2 bedrooms and 33.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Hobart, 19.3% were owned outright, 26.1% were owned with a mortgage and 51.9% were rented.

Household composition

In North Hobart, of all households, 49.2% were family households, 38.7% were single person households and 12.1% were group households.

In North Hobart, 26.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.9% 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 North Hobart, 44.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Hobart, there were 43 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 37.2%) were male and 27 (or 62.8%) were female. The median age was 21 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 North Hobart, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In North Hobart, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,492.