Upper Horton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 207 people in Upper Horton of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Horton was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.9% of the population.

Of people in Upper Horton aged 15 years and over, 56.2% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Upper Horton was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Upper Horton, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Upper Horton was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Upper Horton 18.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 55.6% were in primary school, 11.1% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Horton were English 37.8%, Australian 34.3%, Scottish 9.9%, Irish 7.8% and German 2.1%.

In Upper Horton, 94.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.4% and New Zealand 1.4%.

In Upper Horton, 87.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Horton were Anglican 57.8%, Catholic 17.5%, No Religion 14.6%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.9%.

In Upper Horton 97.1% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 101 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Horton. Of these 60.4% were employed full time, 19.8% were employed part-time and 9.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Upper Horton, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 61.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Upper Horton was 53 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Upper Horton were Managers 60.9%, Labourers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.6%, Sales Workers 7.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Upper Horton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 62.0%, Depository Financial Intermediation 5.4%, Real Estate Services 5.4%, Local Government Administration 5.4% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Horton was $456.

In Upper Horton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 24.7%, Walked only 6.5%, Truck 4.3%, Other 4.3% and Car, as passenger 3.2%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 30.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Horton, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.4% provided care for children and 19.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.8% 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 Upper Horton, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Horton, 43.9% were couple families with children, 42.1% were couple families without children and 14.0% were one parent families.

In Upper Horton 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Upper Horton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $700 and those without children was $1,343.

Employment status of couple families

In Upper Horton, of couple families with children, 24.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 24.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Upper Horton, 69.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Horton, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Upper Horton, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 9.6% had 2 bedrooms and 39.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Horton, 49.4% were owned outright, 19.3% were owned with a mortgage and 26.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Horton, of all households, 71.1% were family households, 24.1% were single person households and 4.8% were group households.

In Upper Horton, 28.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Upper Horton, 33.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Upper Horton, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 78.6%) were male and 3 (or 21.4%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Upper Horton, 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 $433.

In Upper Horton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $433.