South Hobart

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,077 people in South Hobart of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in South Hobart was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in South Hobart aged 15 years and over, 34.9% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Hobart was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In South Hobart, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Hobart was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In South Hobart 33.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.5% were in primary school, 15.5% in secondary school and 42.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Hobart were English 31.7%, Australian 26.7%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 9.2% and German 2.9%.

In South Hobart, 76.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.6%, New Zealand 1.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.2%, Malaysia 0.9% and United States of America 0.9%.

In South Hobart, 59.5% 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 South Hobart were No Religion 45.0%, Anglican 16.9%, Catholic 13.1%, Uniting Church 2.5% and Buddhism 2.1%.

In South Hobart 87.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.6%, German 0.7%, French 0.6%, Malay 0.5% and Spanish 0.4%.

Employment

There were 2,690 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Hobart. Of these 52.2% were employed full time, 35.5% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Hobart, 14.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Hobart was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in South Hobart included Professionals 40.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Managers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.5%, Sales Workers 8.3%, Labourers 5.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in South Hobart, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 7.9%, Tertiary Education 7.2%, School Education 6.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.9% and Hospitals 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Hobart was $609.

In South Hobart, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.7%, Walked only 12.9%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Bus 5.5% and Bicycle 4.4%. On the day, 6.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Hobart, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.4% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.1% 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 South Hobart, 31.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Hobart, 40.0% were couple families with children, 41.5% were couple families without children and 16.6% were one parent families.

In South Hobart 17.8% of single parents were male and 82.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Hobart, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,381 and those without children was $2,055.

Employment status of couple families

In South Hobart, of couple families with children, 21.2% had both partners employed full-time, 7.7% had both employed part-time and 23.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Hobart, 89.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Hobart, 74.4% were separate houses, 13.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In South Hobart, of occupied private dwellings 9.7% had 1 bedroom, 28.2% had 2 bedrooms and 42.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Hobart, 31.1% were owned outright, 31.4% were owned with a mortgage and 32.4% were rented.

Household composition

In South Hobart, of all households, 58.4% were family households, 33.0% were single person households and 8.6% were group households.

In South Hobart, 24.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.7% 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 South Hobart, 44.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Hobart, there were 76 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 36 (or 47.4%) were male and 40 (or 52.6%) were female. The median age was 25 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 South Hobart, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,174.

In South Hobart, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $225 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.