Hampton

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 11,175 people were counted in Hampton: of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Of the total population 0.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Hampton there were 2,510 children aged 0-14 years and 2,543 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Hampton, 9,895 people were Australian citizens, 2,314 were born overseas and 63 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Hampton, 54.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.1% were separated or divorced, 7.8% were widowed and 27.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Hampton, 74.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Hampton were England 5.3%, New Zealand 2.2%, Italy 1.4%, Greece 0.9% and Scotland 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Hampton on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 26.2%, Anglican 21.7%, No Religion 19.8%, Uniting Church 7.3% and Orthodox 3.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Hampton, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 2.2%, Italian 2.1%, Russian 0.6%, German 0.5% and Japanese 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 85.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 5,384 people aged 15 years and over in Hampton were in the labour force. Of these 60.1% worked full-time, 33.1% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.9% were unemployed. 2,936 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Hampton, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 18.0%, Managers and Administrators 9.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.3%, Associate Professionals 7.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.0%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.9% and Labourers and Related Workers 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Hampton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 10.4%, Education 5.4%, Health Services 4.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.0% and Food Retailing 2.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Hampton, 3,006 families were counted: of these, 32.1% were couple families without children, 52.2% were couple families with children, 14.3% were one parent families and 1.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Hampton, 4,236 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Hampton, 72.3% were separate houses, 15.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Hampton, 47.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 26.8% were being purchased and 20.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Hampton, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 43.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 27.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 28.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Hampton, 70.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.1% were single (or lone) person households and 2.7% were group households.