Little Hartley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 536 people in Little Hartley of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Little Hartley was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.4% of the population.

Of people in Little Hartley aged 15 years and over, 57.0% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Little Hartley was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Little Hartley, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Little Hartley was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Little Hartley 28.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.5% were in primary school, 23.2% in secondary school and 17.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Little Hartley were Australian 34.0%, English 29.7%, Irish 10.2%, Scottish 6.4% and German 3.7%.

In Little Hartley, 80.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.0%, Germany 1.5%, New Zealand 1.5%, Wales 1.1% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Little Hartley, 65.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Little Hartley were Anglican 28.7%, Catholic 24.8%, No Religion 22.7%, Baptist 4.7% and Uniting Church 3.5%.

In Little Hartley 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Croatian 1.3%, Maltese 0.7%, Greek 0.6%, Italian 0.6% and Slovak 0.6%.

Employment

There were 289 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Little Hartley. Of these 58.8% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Little Hartley, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Little Hartley was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Little Hartley included Professionals 21.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Managers 13.6%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Labourers 9.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Little Hartley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 6.8%, Public Order and Safety Services 5.4%, School Education 4.3%, Accommodation 3.6% and Hospitals 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Little Hartley was $581.

In Little Hartley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.0%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Walked only 2.5%, Truck 1.4% and Train 1.1%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Little Hartley, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.5% 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 Little Hartley, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Little Hartley, 44.0% were couple families with children, 42.7% were couple families without children and 11.3% were one parent families.

In Little Hartley 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Little Hartley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,463 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Little Hartley, of couple families with children, 15.3% had both partners employed full-time, 8.4% had both employed part-time and 30.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Little Hartley, 81.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Little Hartley, 97.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.6% were other dwellings.

In Little Hartley, of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 9.2% had 2 bedrooms and 28.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Little Hartley, 39.6% were owned outright, 49.7% were owned with a mortgage and 9.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Little Hartley, of all households, 76.5% were family households, 21.9% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Little Hartley, 24.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.1% 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 Little Hartley, 19.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Little Hartley, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 36.4%) were male and 7 (or 63.6%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Little Hartley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Little Hartley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.