Hobsons Bay (C)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 83,863 people in Hobsons Bay (C) of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Hobsons Bay (C) was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.

Of people in Hobsons Bay (C) aged 15 years and over, 48.0% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hobsons Bay (C) was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Hobsons Bay (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 47.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hobsons Bay (C) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Hobsons Bay (C) 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.2% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 21.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hobsons Bay (C) were Australian 20.4%, English 20.2%, Irish 7.2%, Scottish 5.8% and Italian 5.5%.

In Hobsons Bay (C), 63.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, India 2.8%, Italy 2.0%, New Zealand 1.9% and Vietnam 1.6%.

In Hobsons Bay (C), 40.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 47.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hobsons Bay (C) were Catholic 30.9%, No Religion 22.0%, Anglican 9.9%, Eastern Orthodox 7.2% and Islam 4.7%.

In Hobsons Bay (C) 65.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 3.6%, Italian 3.3%, Greek 3.0%, Vietnamese 2.0% and Maltese 1.6%.

Employment

There were 41,796 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hobsons Bay (C). Of these 61.3% were employed full time, 27.3% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hobsons Bay (C), 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hobsons Bay (C) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Hobsons Bay (C) included Professionals 22.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Managers 12.4%, Labourers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Sales Workers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Hobsons Bay (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Hospitals 3.0%, Road Freight Transport 2.9% and Tertiary Education 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hobsons Bay (C) was $582.

In Hobsons Bay (C), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.7%, Train 9.3%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Walked only 1.8% and Bicycle 1.3%. On the day, 15.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hobsons Bay (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 67.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.3% 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 Hobsons Bay (C), 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hobsons Bay (C), 46.2% were couple families with children, 35.1% were couple families without children and 16.6% were one parent families.

In Hobsons Bay (C) 17.7% of single parents were male and 82.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hobsons Bay (C), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,461 and those without children was $2,269.

Employment status of couple families

In Hobsons Bay (C), of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 20.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hobsons Bay (C), 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hobsons Bay (C), 76.3% were separate houses, 12.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Hobsons Bay (C), of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 20.8% had 2 bedrooms and 55.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hobsons Bay (C), 36.3% were owned outright, 32.6% were owned with a mortgage and 27.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Hobsons Bay (C), of all households, 70.7% were family households, 25.4% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Hobsons Bay (C), 23.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.5% 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 Hobsons Bay (C), 38.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hobsons Bay (C), there were 393 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 214 (or 54.5%) were male and 179 (or 45.5%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Hobsons Bay (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,159.

In Hobsons Bay (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $271 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,584.