Howlong

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,551 people in Howlong of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Howlong was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.6% of the population.

Of people in Howlong aged 15 years and over, 55.8% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Howlong was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Howlong, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Howlong was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Howlong 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.8% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 13.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Howlong were Australian 33.7%, English 32.7%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 8.5% and German 3.8%.

In Howlong, 86.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, New Zealand 0.9%, Scotland 0.7%, Philippines 0.5% and Germany 0.5%.

In Howlong, 79.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Howlong were Catholic 27.2%, Anglican 24.3%, No Religion 21.0%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.4%.

In Howlong 95.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.2%, German 0.2%, French 0.2%, Hungarian 0.2% and Cantonese 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,107 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Howlong. Of these 55.2% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Howlong, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Howlong was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Howlong included Labourers 18.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Managers 12.6%, Professionals 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.1%, Sales Workers 9.6% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.2%.

Of the employed people in Howlong, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.9%, Other Food Product Manufacturing 3.9%, Road Freight Transport 3.9% and Grain Mill and Cereal Product Manufacturing 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Howlong was $465.

In Howlong, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.9%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Walked only 2.6%, Truck 1.6% and Bicycle 0.4%. On the day, 0.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Howlong, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% 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, 20.8% 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 Howlong, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Howlong, 36.9% were couple families with children, 48.6% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In Howlong 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Howlong, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,724 and those without children was $1,678.

Employment status of couple families

In Howlong, of couple families with children, 14.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Howlong, 88.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Howlong, 94.0% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Howlong, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 14.2% had 2 bedrooms and 55.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Howlong, 41.8% were owned outright, 36.9% were owned with a mortgage and 18.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Howlong, of all households, 72.9% were family households, 25.0% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Howlong, 30.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Howlong, 35.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Howlong, there were 49 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 46.9%) were male and 26 (or 53.1%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Howlong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Howlong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $265 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $921.