Huon Valley (M)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 15,140 people in Huon Valley (M) of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Huon Valley (M) was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.6% of the population.

Of people in Huon Valley (M) aged 15 years and over, 50.2% were married and 13.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Huon Valley (M) was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Huon Valley (M), of people aged 15 years and over, 50.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Huon Valley (M) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Huon Valley (M) 26.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.3% were in primary school, 22.3% in secondary school and 15.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Huon Valley (M) were English 34.8%, Australian 31.9%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 6.8% and German 3.3%.

In Huon Valley (M), 81.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.7%, New Zealand 1.3%, Germany 0.8%, Scotland 0.6% and United States of America 0.6%.

In Huon Valley (M), 72.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Huon Valley (M) were No Religion 34.3%, Anglican 23.3%, Catholic 17.5%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Christian, nfd 2.4%.

In Huon Valley (M) 94.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, Dutch 0.3%, French 0.2%, Italian 0.2% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 6,623 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Huon Valley (M). Of these 50.5% were employed full time, 36.5% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Huon Valley (M), 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Huon Valley (M) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Huon Valley (M) included Labourers 16.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.9%, Professionals 15.6%, Managers 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 7.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Huon Valley (M), the most common responses for industry of employment included Aquaculture 6.5%, School Education 5.0%, Hospitals 3.3%, State Government Administration 3.2% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Huon Valley (M) was $441.

In Huon Valley (M), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.7%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Walked only 3.2%, Bus 1.6% and Truck 1.5%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Huon Valley (M), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.7% 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 Huon Valley (M), 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Huon Valley (M), 39.6% were couple families with children, 44.8% were couple families without children and 14.6% were one parent families.

In Huon Valley (M) 26.4% of single parents were male and 73.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Huon Valley (M), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,711 and those without children was $1,587.

Employment status of couple families

In Huon Valley (M), of couple families with children, 13.5% had both partners employed full-time, 6.3% had both employed part-time and 19.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Huon Valley (M), 80.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Huon Valley (M), 95.8% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Huon Valley (M), of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 19.9% had 2 bedrooms and 51.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Huon Valley (M), 41.4% were owned outright, 37.7% were owned with a mortgage and 18.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Huon Valley (M), of all households, 72.9% were family households, 24.6% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Huon Valley (M), 32.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 Huon Valley (M), 32.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Huon Valley (M), there were 1,307 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 641 (or 49.0%) were male and 666 (or 51.0%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Huon Valley (M), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,039.

In Huon Valley (M), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,235.