Hunters Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,994 people in Hunters Hill of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Hunters Hill was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.2% of the population.

Of people in Hunters Hill aged 15 years and over, 50.8% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hunters Hill was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Hunters Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hunters Hill was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Hunters Hill 35.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.7% were in primary school, 36.3% in secondary school and 18.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hunters Hill were English 23.9%, Australian 23.3%, Irish 11.4%, Scottish 6.4% and Italian 4.8%.

In Hunters Hill, 71.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.8%, New Zealand 1.7%, South Africa 1.3% and Italy 1.3%.

In Hunters Hill, 48.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hunters Hill were Catholic 39.3%, No Religion 17.4%, Anglican 17.2%, Eastern Orthodox 3.9% and Judaism 3.6%.

In Hunters Hill 79.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.2%, Greek 2.0%, Cantonese 2.0%, Mandarin 1.6% and Arabic 0.8%.

Employment

There were 3,930 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hunters Hill. Of these 62.1% were employed full time, 29.8% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hunters Hill, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.9% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Hunters Hill included Professionals 36.5%, Managers 23.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Sales Workers 8.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.4%, Labourers 3.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.0%.

Of the employed people in Hunters Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 5.5%, School Education 4.3%, Hospitals 3.5%, Medical Services 3.4% and Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hunters Hill was $784.

In Hunters Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.3%, Bus 10.2%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Walked only 2.9% and Ferry 2.5%. On the day, 16.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hunters Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.5% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.5% 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 Hunters Hill, 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hunters Hill, 55.0% were couple families with children, 32.8% were couple families without children and 11.1% were one parent families.

In Hunters Hill 18.2% of single parents were male and 81.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hunters Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,544 and those without children was $3,007.

Employment status of couple families

In Hunters Hill, of couple families with children, 21.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 23.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hunters Hill, 91.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hunters Hill, 73.8% were separate houses, 7.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 18.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Hunters Hill, of occupied private dwellings 6.5% had 1 bedroom, 20.8% had 2 bedrooms and 31.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hunters Hill, 40.2% were owned outright, 33.2% were owned with a mortgage and 22.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Hunters Hill, of all households, 73.4% were family households, 24.9% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Hunters Hill, 16.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 31.3% 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 Hunters Hill, 32.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hunters Hill, there were 50 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 39 (or 78.0%) were male and 11 (or 22.0%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Hunters Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,833.

In Hunters Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $550 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $5,063.