Hurstville Grove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,392 people in Hurstville Grove of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Hurstville Grove was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.3% of the population.

Of people in Hurstville Grove aged 15 years and over, 61.1% were married and 4.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hurstville Grove was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Hurstville Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hurstville Grove was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Hurstville Grove 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.9% were in primary school, 28.6% in secondary school and 22.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hurstville Grove were Australian 17.8%, Chinese 15.2%, English 14.5%, Greek 10.1% and Irish 5.3%.

In Hurstville Grove, 65.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 7.8%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3.1%, Croatia 1.8%, Greece 1.8% and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.4%.

In Hurstville Grove, 36.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 52.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hurstville Grove were Catholic 28.7%, Eastern Orthodox 17.5%, No Religion 16.0%, Anglican 13.8% and Buddhism 3.1%.

In Hurstville Grove 53.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 10.0%, Greek 9.2%, Mandarin 5.8%, Arabic 4.6% and Croatian 3.6%.

Employment

There were 1,218 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hurstville Grove. Of these 59.9% were employed full time, 29.8% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hurstville Grove, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hurstville Grove was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Hurstville Grove included Professionals 26.9%, Managers 17.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.5%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.0%, Labourers 5.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Hurstville Grove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.1%, School Education 4.6%, Building Installation Services 3.1%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.7% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hurstville Grove was $638.

In Hurstville Grove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.2%, Train 12.0%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Train, bus 2.3% and Train, car as driver 2.2%. On the day, 19.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hurstville Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.4% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.4% 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 Hurstville Grove, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hurstville Grove, 59.2% were couple families with children, 29.1% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In Hurstville Grove 13.6% of single parents were male and 86.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hurstville Grove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,919 and those without children was $2,553.

Employment status of couple families

In Hurstville Grove, of couple families with children, 22.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hurstville Grove, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hurstville Grove, 92.4% were separate houses, 6.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Hurstville Grove, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 11.0% had 2 bedrooms and 39.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hurstville Grove, 49.9% were owned outright, 36.4% were owned with a mortgage and 11.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Hurstville Grove, of all households, 85.6% were family households, 12.8% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Hurstville Grove, 19.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.5% 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 Hurstville Grove, 29.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hurstville Grove, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 21.4%) were male and 11 (or 78.6%) 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 Hurstville Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Hurstville Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $500 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $5,500.