Halls Gap

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 613 people in Halls Gap of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Halls Gap was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.3% of the population.

Of people in Halls Gap aged 15 years and over, 53.8% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Halls Gap was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Halls Gap, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Halls Gap was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Halls Gap 23.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.1% were in primary school, 23.6% in secondary school and 15.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Halls Gap were English 37.1%, Australian 28.8%, Irish 7.7%, Scottish 6.0% and German 5.1%.

In Halls Gap, 83.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 1.5%, Germany 1.3%, Czech Republic 0.5% and Fiji 0.5%.

In Halls Gap, 73.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Halls Gap were No Religion 36.1%, Anglican 15.2%, Catholic 12.6%, Uniting Church 10.3% and Lutheran 4.6%.

In Halls Gap 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Dutch 0.5%, Czech 0.5%, Polish 0.5% and Arabic 0.5%.

Employment

There were 331 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Halls Gap. Of these 56.8% were employed full time, 34.7% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Halls Gap, 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Halls Gap was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Halls Gap included Managers 30.4%, Professionals 16.8%, Labourers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.9%, Sales Workers 6.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Halls Gap, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 20.2%, Hospitals 6.2%, Parks and Gardens Operations 5.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6% and School Education 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Halls Gap was $539.

In Halls Gap, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.2%, Walked only 9.9%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Other 2.2% and Bicycle 1.2%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Halls Gap, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.4% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.7% 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 Halls Gap, 29.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Halls Gap, 28.3% were couple families with children, 58.3% were couple families without children and 13.3% were one parent families.

In Halls Gap 13.0% of single parents were male and 87.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Halls Gap, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,050 and those without children was $1,463.

Employment status of couple families

In Halls Gap, of couple families with children, 28.0% had both partners employed full-time, 8.3% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Halls Gap, 40.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 59.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Halls Gap, 92.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.4% were flats, units or apartments and 4.8% were other dwellings.

In Halls Gap, of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 22.0% had 2 bedrooms and 43.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Halls Gap, 44.3% were owned outright, 21.3% were owned with a mortgage and 31.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Halls Gap, of all households, 71.3% were family households, 25.9% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Halls Gap, 29.3% 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 Halls Gap, 36.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Halls Gap, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 27.3%) were male and 16 (or 72.7%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Halls Gap, 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 $1,333.

In Halls Gap, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.