Hamlyn Terrace

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,225 people in Hamlyn Terrace of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Hamlyn Terrace was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.1% of the population.

Of people in Hamlyn Terrace aged 15 years and over, 56.0% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hamlyn Terrace was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Hamlyn Terrace, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hamlyn Terrace was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Hamlyn Terrace 32.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.6% were in primary school, 25.4% in secondary school and 13.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hamlyn Terrace were Australian 34.3%, English 30.0%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.1% and German 2.2%.

In Hamlyn Terrace, 81.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.9%, New Zealand 1.4%, Scotland 0.8%, Philippines 0.7% and South Africa 0.6%.

In Hamlyn Terrace, 66.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hamlyn Terrace were Catholic 31.8%, Anglican 29.9%, No Religion 13.2%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Hamlyn Terrace 91.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.7%, Italian 0.5%, Mandarin 0.4%, Tagalog 0.3% and German 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,257 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hamlyn Terrace. Of these 60.4% were employed full time, 27.3% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hamlyn Terrace, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hamlyn Terrace was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Hamlyn Terrace included Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Professionals 14.4%, Sales Workers 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Managers 11.1%, Labourers 10.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Hamlyn Terrace, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, Hospitals 4.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%, School Education 3.1% and Public Order and Safety Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hamlyn Terrace was $522.

In Hamlyn Terrace, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.9%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Train 2.8%, Train, car as driver 1.6% and Walked only 1.2%. On the day, 6.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hamlyn Terrace, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.4% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.3% 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 Hamlyn Terrace, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hamlyn Terrace, 50.2% were couple families with children, 34.1% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Hamlyn Terrace 11.7% of single parents were male and 88.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hamlyn Terrace, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,203 and those without children was $2,093.

Employment status of couple families

In Hamlyn Terrace, of couple families with children, 21.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 20.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hamlyn Terrace, 95.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hamlyn Terrace, 96.9% were separate houses, 3.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Hamlyn Terrace, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 5.6% had 2 bedrooms and 14.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hamlyn Terrace, 29.1% were owned outright, 44.5% were owned with a mortgage and 22.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Hamlyn Terrace, of all households, 83.7% were family households, 14.9% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Hamlyn Terrace, 20.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.0% 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 Hamlyn Terrace, 32.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hamlyn Terrace, there were 173 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 86 (or 49.7%) were male and 87 (or 50.3%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Hamlyn Terrace, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,600.

In Hamlyn Terrace, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $340 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,200.