Greater Hume Shire (A)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,815 people in Greater Hume Shire (A) of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Greater Hume Shire (A) was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.5% of the population.

Of people in Greater Hume Shire (A) aged 15 years and over, 56.7% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Greater Hume Shire (A) was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Greater Hume Shire (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 57.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Greater Hume Shire (A) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Greater Hume Shire (A) 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.6% were in primary school, 26.7% in secondary school and 13.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Greater Hume Shire (A) were Australian 32.6%, English 29.1%, German 9.1%, Irish 8.9% and Scottish 8.2%.

In Greater Hume Shire (A), 88.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.9%, New Zealand 1.1%, Germany 0.5%, Netherlands 0.4% and Scotland 0.2%.

In Greater Hume Shire (A), 84.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Greater Hume Shire (A) were Catholic 22.3%, Anglican 21.9%, No Religion 14.0%, Lutheran 11.8% and Uniting Church 7.9%.

In Greater Hume Shire (A) 94.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Dutch 0.2%, French 0.1%, Spanish 0.1% and Russian 0.1%.

Employment

There were 4,753 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Greater Hume Shire (A). Of these 59.9% were employed full time, 29.9% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Greater Hume Shire (A), 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Greater Hume Shire (A) was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Greater Hume Shire (A) included Managers 24.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.6%, Professionals 12.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5%, Labourers 11.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3% and Sales Workers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Greater Hume Shire (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 19.7%, School Education 5.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.4%, Hospitals 2.7% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Greater Hume Shire (A) was $479.

In Greater Hume Shire (A), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.1%, Walked only 5.2%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Truck 2.1% and Other 1.0%. On the day, 0.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Greater Hume Shire (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.7% 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 Greater Hume Shire (A), 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Greater Hume Shire (A), 43.7% were couple families with children, 42.6% were couple families without children and 12.7% were one parent families.

In Greater Hume Shire (A) 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Greater Hume Shire (A), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,764 and those without children was $1,478.

Employment status of couple families

In Greater Hume Shire (A), of couple families with children, 22.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 26.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Greater Hume Shire (A), 84.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greater Hume Shire (A), 97.5% were separate houses, 1.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Greater Hume Shire (A), of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 13.1% had 2 bedrooms and 45.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greater Hume Shire (A), 43.2% were owned outright, 34.0% were owned with a mortgage and 18.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Greater Hume Shire (A), of all households, 72.6% were family households, 25.4% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Greater Hume Shire (A), 31.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.6% 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 Greater Hume Shire (A), 28.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Greater Hume Shire (A), there were 201 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 91 (or 45.3%) were male and 110 (or 54.7%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Greater Hume Shire (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,083.

In Greater Hume Shire (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,250.