Hamley Bridge (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 633 people in Hamley Bridge (L) of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Hamley Bridge (L) was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.9% of the population.

Of people in Hamley Bridge (L) aged 15 years and over, 37.1% were married and 19.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hamley Bridge (L) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Hamley Bridge (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 37.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hamley Bridge (L) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Hamley Bridge (L) 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 23.7% in secondary school and 13.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hamley Bridge (L) were English 34.7%, Australian 27.5%, Scottish 7.7%, Irish 6.8% and German 6.5%.

In Hamley Bridge (L), 79.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.5%, Germany 1.0%, Croatia 0.5%, France 0.5% and Guernsey 0.5%.

In Hamley Bridge (L), 61.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hamley Bridge (L) were No Religion 34.9%, Anglican 17.8%, Catholic 13.3%, Uniting Church 10.2% and Lutheran 3.2%.

In Hamley Bridge (L) 93.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.1% and Dutch 0.5%.

Employment

There were 263 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hamley Bridge (L). Of these 52.5% were employed full time, 34.2% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hamley Bridge (L), 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hamley Bridge (L) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Hamley Bridge (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.0%, Labourers 17.3%, Managers 14.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Professionals 8.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9% and Sales Workers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Hamley Bridge (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 8.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.8%, School Education 4.8%, Road Freight Transport 4.4% and Residential Care Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hamley Bridge (L) was $413.

In Hamley Bridge (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.2%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Other 2.8%, Walked only 2.4% and Truck 1.6%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hamley Bridge (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 65.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% 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, 25.0% 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 Hamley Bridge (L), 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hamley Bridge (L), 42.3% were couple families with children, 38.0% were couple families without children and 17.8% were one parent families.

In Hamley Bridge (L) 20.7% of single parents were male and 79.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hamley Bridge (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,528 and those without children was $1,575.

Employment status of couple families

In Hamley Bridge (L), of couple families with children, 17.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 14.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hamley Bridge (L), 89.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hamley Bridge (L), 97.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Hamley Bridge (L), of occupied private dwellings 5.4% had 1 bedroom, 19.8% had 2 bedrooms and 50.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hamley Bridge (L), 22.7% were owned outright, 48.3% were owned with a mortgage and 24.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Hamley Bridge (L), of all households, 64.5% were family households, 34.3% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Hamley Bridge (L), 33.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.9% 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 Hamley Bridge (L), 38.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hamley Bridge (L), there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 44.4%) were male and 5 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 37 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 Hamley Bridge (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Hamley Bridge (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $648.