Hackham

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,492 people were counted in Hackham: of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Of the total population 1.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Hackham there were 735 children aged 0-14 years and 681 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Hackham, 3,110 people were Australian citizens, 793 were born overseas and 4 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Hackham, 51.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.8% were separated or divorced, 4.6% were widowed and 30.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Hackham, 73.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Hackham were England 12.3%, Germany 1.6%, Scotland 1.3%, Netherlands 1.2% and New Zealand 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Hackham on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 29.2%, Anglican 18.5%, Catholic 14.4%, Uniting Church 6.6% and Lutheran 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Hackham, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.9%, Polish 0.4%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.4%, Italian 0.4% and Netherlandic 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,649 people aged 15 years and over in Hackham were in the labour force. Of these 54.0% worked full-time, 33.4% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.8% were unemployed. 1,052 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Hackham, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 8.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.6%, Associate Professionals 6.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.1%, Professionals 3.9%, Managers and Administrators 2.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Hackham, the most common responses for industry of employment included Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 5.8%, Health Services 3.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.8%, Business Services 3.4% and Construction Trade Services 3.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Hackham, 1,026 families were counted: of these, 33.0% were couple families without children, 44.6% were couple families with children, 21.2% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Hackham, 1,354 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Hackham, 94.8% were separate houses, 2.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Hackham, 35.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 40.8% were being purchased and 20.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Hackham, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 30.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 15.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 52.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Hackham, 75.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 20.5% were single (or lone) person households and 3.6% were group households.