Humpty Doo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,141 people in Humpty Doo of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Humpty Doo was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.2% of the population.

Of people in Humpty Doo aged 15 years and over, 43.5% were married and 13.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Humpty Doo was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Humpty Doo, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Humpty Doo was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Humpty Doo 34.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.7% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 10.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Humpty Doo were Australian 31.7%, English 25.4%, Irish 7.1%, Scottish 6.9% and German 3.8%.

In Humpty Doo, 75.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, New Zealand 2.0%, Vietnam 1.0%, Philippines 0.7% and Cambodia 0.6%.

In Humpty Doo, 65.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Humpty Doo were No Religion 30.0%, Catholic 20.1%, Anglican 14.1%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Buddhism 3.0%.

In Humpty Doo 83.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 1.6%, Khmer 0.7%, Thai 0.7%, Mandarin 0.5% and Filipino 0.4%.

Employment

There were 2,230 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Humpty Doo. Of these 67.6% were employed full time, 21.5% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Humpty Doo, 6.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Humpty Doo was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Humpty Doo included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.2%, Professionals 13.0%, Managers 12.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7%, Labourers 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3% and Sales Workers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Humpty Doo, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 6.0%, School Education 5.6%, Metal Ore Mining 3.2%, Road Freight Transport 3.2% and Building Installation Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Humpty Doo was $815.

In Humpty Doo, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.3%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Walked only 2.6%, Truck 2.3% and Bus 2.2%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Humpty Doo, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.0% provided care for children and 7.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.8% 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 Humpty Doo, 30.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Humpty Doo, 46.2% were couple families with children, 36.9% were couple families without children and 15.8% were one parent families.

In Humpty Doo 27.2% of single parents were male and 72.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Humpty Doo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,539 and those without children was $2,292.

Employment status of couple families

In Humpty Doo, of couple families with children, 36.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 14.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Humpty Doo, 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Humpty Doo, 88.7% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.9% were flats, units or apartments and 6.5% were other dwellings.

In Humpty Doo, of occupied private dwellings 10.0% had 1 bedroom, 21.4% had 2 bedrooms and 39.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Humpty Doo, 23.0% were owned outright, 54.8% were owned with a mortgage and 19.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Humpty Doo, of all households, 77.7% were family households, 18.4% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Humpty Doo, 15.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.8% 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 Humpty Doo, 22.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Humpty Doo, there were 318 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 153 (or 48.1%) were male and 165 (or 51.9%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Humpty Doo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,732.

In Humpty Doo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.