South Hurstville

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,928 people in South Hurstville of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in South Hurstville was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.8% of the population.

Of people in South Hurstville aged 15 years and over, 50.3% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Hurstville was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In South Hurstville, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Hurstville was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In South Hurstville 31.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.4% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 26.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Hurstville were Chinese 22.7%, Australian 13.8%, English 12.4%, Greek 7.4% and Lebanese 5.1%.

In South Hurstville, 52.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 14.0%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3.7%, Lebanon 2.1%, Greece 2.1% and New Zealand 2.0%.

In South Hurstville, 25.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 64.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Hurstville were Catholic 24.7%, No Religion 21.1%, Eastern Orthodox 12.7%, Anglican 12.1% and Islam 6.7%.

In South Hurstville 42.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 12.2%, Mandarin 11.7%, Arabic 6.8%, Greek 6.8% and Macedonian 2.7%.

Employment

There were 2,361 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Hurstville. Of these 60.5% were employed full time, 27.9% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Hurstville, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Hurstville was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in South Hurstville included Professionals 23.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.9%, Managers 10.9%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Labourers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in South Hurstville, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.9%, Hospitals 3.7%, School Education 3.1% and Road Freight Transport 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Hurstville was $520.

In South Hurstville, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.7%, Train 13.7%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Train, bus 4.7% and Walked only 3.1%. On the day, 23.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Hurstville, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.9% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.6% 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 South Hurstville, 22.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Hurstville, 53.5% were couple families with children, 26.0% were couple families without children and 18.1% were one parent families.

In South Hurstville 11.0% of single parents were male and 89.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Hurstville, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,321 and those without children was $2,103.

Employment status of couple families

In South Hurstville, of couple families with children, 21.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 18.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Hurstville, 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Hurstville, 54.8% were separate houses, 23.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 21.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In South Hurstville, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 28.7% had 2 bedrooms and 43.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Hurstville, 36.8% were owned outright, 35.6% were owned with a mortgage and 24.1% were rented.

Household composition

In South Hurstville, of all households, 75.1% were family households, 21.9% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In South Hurstville, 21.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.2% 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 South Hurstville, 42.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Hurstville, there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 38.5%) were male and 16 (or 61.5%) 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 South Hurstville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In South Hurstville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $400 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.