Hadfield

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,366 people in Hadfield of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Hadfield was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.0% of the population.

Of people in Hadfield aged 15 years and over, 51.0% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Hadfield, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hadfield was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Hadfield 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.8% were in primary school, 21.1% in secondary school and 16.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hadfield were Italian 17.9%, Australian 15.3%, English 12.8%, Lebanese 8.3% and Greek 5.2%.

In Hadfield, 59.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 8.0%, Lebanon 3.4%, Malta 2.4%, Greece 2.3% and Turkey 2.2%.

In Hadfield, 31.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 57.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hadfield were Catholic 42.9%, Islam 17.1%, No Religion 9.1%, Eastern Orthodox 6.9% and Anglican 5.7%.

In Hadfield 47.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 12.8%, Arabic 12.7%, Greek 4.5%, Turkish 3.8% and Maltese 2.2%.

Employment

There were 2,171 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hadfield. Of these 60.2% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hadfield, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hadfield was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Hadfield included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Professionals 13.9%, Sales Workers 11.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.1%, Labourers 10.1%, Managers 8.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Hadfield, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4%, School Education 3.3%, Residential Building Construction 3.0% and Building Completion Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hadfield was $413.

In Hadfield, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.0%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Train 5.5%, Train, car as driver 1.4% and Train, bus 1.2%. On the day, 11.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hadfield, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.2% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.8% 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 Hadfield, 20.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hadfield, 44.4% were couple families with children, 36.9% were couple families without children and 17.2% were one parent families.

In Hadfield 19.4% of single parents were male and 80.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hadfield, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,004 and those without children was $1,856.

Employment status of couple families

In Hadfield, of couple families with children, 15.5% had both partners employed full-time, 1.7% had both employed part-time and 16.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Hadfield, 85.9% were separate houses, 8.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Hadfield, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 18.6% had 2 bedrooms and 59.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hadfield, 46.6% were owned outright, 27.3% were owned with a mortgage and 22.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Hadfield, of all households, 71.8% were family households, 25.6% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Hadfield, 33.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Hadfield, 38.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hadfield, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 42.9%) were male and 16 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Hadfield, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Hadfield, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $265 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.