Hamilton Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,208 people in Hamilton Island of these 54.2% were male and 45.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Hamilton Island was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.8% of the population.

Of people in Hamilton Island aged 15 years and over, 19.5% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hamilton Island was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Hamilton Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 23.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hamilton Island was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Hamilton Island 36.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 8.4% were in primary school, 1.4% in secondary school and 9.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hamilton Island were English 23.4%, Australian 21.1%, Scottish 6.6%, Irish 6.4% and New Zealander 2.7%.

In Hamilton Island, 52.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 7.5%, England 2.6%, Philippines 1.7%, Japan 0.8% and Scotland 0.6%.

In Hamilton Island, 54.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hamilton Island were No Religion 26.2%, Catholic 16.9%, Anglican 13.6%, Uniting Church 2.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In Hamilton Island 64.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.2%, Japanese 0.9%, Spanish 0.6%, Mandarin 0.5% and Filipino 0.4%.

Employment

There were 722 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hamilton Island. Of these 84.9% were employed full time, 10.8% were employed part-time and 1.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hamilton Island, 2.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 73.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hamilton Island was 30 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Hamilton Island included Community and Personal Service Workers 20.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Managers 16.1%, Labourers 14.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.0%, Professionals 9.5%, Sales Workers 5.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Hamilton Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 53.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.5%, Scenic and Sightseeing Transport 4.1% and Travel Agency and Tour Arrangement Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hamilton Island was $852.

In Hamilton Island, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 39.9%, Other 26.9%, Car, as driver 11.8%, Bus 4.2% and Car, as passenger 3.4%. On the day, 6.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 15.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hamilton Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 13.0% provided care for children and 2.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.4% 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 Hamilton Island, 19.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 5.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hamilton Island, 31.5% were couple families with children, 65.2% were couple families without children and 3.3% were one parent families.

In Hamilton Island 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hamilton Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,449 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Hamilton Island, of couple families with children, 41.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 30.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hamilton Island, 31.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 68.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hamilton Island, 18.4% were separate houses, 12.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 69.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Hamilton Island, of occupied private dwellings 30.1% had 1 bedroom, 32.5% had 2 bedrooms and 15.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.2. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hamilton Island, 13.4% were owned outright, 23.8% were owned with a mortgage and 61.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Hamilton Island, of all households, 57.7% were family households, 30.7% were single person households and 11.7% were group households.

In Hamilton Island, 9.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.9% 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 Hamilton Island, 31.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 16.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hamilton Island, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 57.1%) were male and 3 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Hamilton Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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