Hoddles Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 609 people in Hoddles Creek of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Hoddles Creek was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.6% of the population.

Of people in Hoddles Creek aged 15 years and over, 57.2% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hoddles Creek was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Hoddles Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hoddles Creek was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Hoddles Creek 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.4% were in primary school, 30.6% in secondary school and 14.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hoddles Creek were English 30.2%, Australian 28.3%, Scottish 7.7%, German 6.3% and Irish 5.5%.

In Hoddles Creek, 74.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.2%, Germany 2.0%, Netherlands 1.8%, Finland 0.7% and Latvia 0.7%.

In Hoddles Creek, 57.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hoddles Creek were No Religion 33.4%, Catholic 17.8%, Anglican 14.1%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Hoddles Creek 89.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.0%, Dutch 0.7%, Afrikaans 0.7%, Spanish 0.7% and Russian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 325 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hoddles Creek. Of these 55.7% were employed full time, 36.3% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hoddles Creek, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hoddles Creek was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Hoddles Creek included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.9%, Managers 17.6%, Professionals 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Labourers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%, Sales Workers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Hoddles Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.8%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.8%, Nursery and Floriculture Production 3.5%, Building Installation Services 3.5% and Agricultural Product Wholesaling 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hoddles Creek was $601.

In Hoddles Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.0%, Car, as passenger 2.9%, Truck 2.6%, Bus 1.3% and Other 1.3%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hoddles Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.5% 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 Hoddles Creek, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hoddles Creek, 45.4% were couple families with children, 47.1% were couple families without children and 7.5% were one parent families.

In Hoddles Creek 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hoddles Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,194 and those without children was $1,696.

Employment status of couple families

In Hoddles Creek, of couple families with children, 13.8% had both partners employed full-time, 8.8% had both employed part-time and 26.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hoddles Creek, 86.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hoddles Creek, 98.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Hoddles Creek, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 14.1% had 2 bedrooms and 41.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hoddles Creek, 40.4% were owned outright, 47.4% were owned with a mortgage and 9.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Hoddles Creek, of all households, 77.7% were family households, 20.5% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Hoddles Creek, 23.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.7% 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 Hoddles Creek, 21.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hoddles Creek, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Hoddles Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Hoddles Creek, 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.