Hurstbridge

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,104 people were counted in Hurstbridge: of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstbridge there were 790 children aged 0-14 years and 337 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstbridge, 2,886 people were Australian citizens, 324 were born overseas and 7 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstbridge, 55.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.2% were separated or divorced, 3.2% were widowed and 33.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstbridge, 85.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Hurstbridge were England 4.6%, New Zealand 1.1%, Netherlands 0.6%, Scotland 0.5% and Germany 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Hurstbridge on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 31.7%, Catholic 22.9%, Anglican 18.1%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstbridge, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Netherlandic 0.4%, Italian 0.3%, Spanish 0.3%, Greek 0.2% and German 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.9% of people counted.

Employment

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During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,718 people aged 15 years and over in Hurstbridge were in the labour force. Of these 61.5% worked full-time, 31.5% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.6% were unemployed. 548 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstbridge, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 13.6%, Professionals 12.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.9%, Associate Professionals 9.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.6%, Managers and Administrators 4.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Hurstbridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Construction Trade Services 6.4%, Education 6.3%, Business Services 5.6%, Health Services 5.4% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstbridge, 863 families were counted: of these, 26.7% were couple families without children, 60.0% were couple families with children, 12.6% were one parent families and 0.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstbridge, 1,015 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Hurstbridge, 95.4% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstbridge, 35.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 51.1% were being purchased and 9.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstbridge, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 35.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 22.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 38.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstbridge, 84.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 13.0% were single (or lone) person households and 1.3% were group households.