Hamlyn Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,075 people in Hamlyn Heights of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Hamlyn Heights was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.5% of the population.

Of people in Hamlyn Heights aged 15 years and over, 46.4% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hamlyn Heights was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Hamlyn Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hamlyn Heights was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Hamlyn Heights 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.7% were in primary school, 21.8% in secondary school and 21.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hamlyn Heights were Australian 27.8%, English 24.0%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 6.5% and Italian 5.1%.

In Hamlyn Heights, 78.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.4%, Italy 1.5%, Germany 1.1%, Croatia 0.9% and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 0.9%.

In Hamlyn Heights, 62.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hamlyn Heights were Catholic 33.7%, No Religion 19.7%, Anglican 11.4%, Uniting Church 6.5% and Eastern Orthodox 5.4%.

In Hamlyn Heights 82.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.4%, Croatian 1.7%, Macedonian 1.4%, Greek 1.1% and Ukrainian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 3,004 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hamlyn Heights. Of these 57.6% were employed full time, 30.9% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hamlyn Heights, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.3% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Hamlyn Heights included Professionals 18.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Managers 10.3%, Labourers 9.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Hamlyn Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Hospitals 4.6%, Department Stores 3.1% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hamlyn Heights was $536.

In Hamlyn Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.8%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Train 2.0%, Walked only 1.4% and Bicycle 1.1%. On the day, 4.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hamlyn Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.8% 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 Hamlyn Heights, 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hamlyn Heights, 42.3% were couple families with children, 39.0% were couple families without children and 16.6% were one parent families.

In Hamlyn Heights 10.3% of single parents were male and 89.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hamlyn Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,122 and those without children was $1,919.

Employment status of couple families

In Hamlyn Heights, of couple families with children, 18.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 23.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hamlyn Heights, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hamlyn Heights, 89.0% were separate houses, 5.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Hamlyn Heights, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 19.4% had 2 bedrooms and 55.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hamlyn Heights, 41.4% were owned outright, 32.5% were owned with a mortgage and 22.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Hamlyn Heights, of all households, 66.1% were family households, 30.7% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Hamlyn Heights, 28.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.5% 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 Hamlyn Heights, 36.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hamlyn Heights, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 52.6%) were male and 9 (or 47.4%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Hamlyn Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,562.

In Hamlyn Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $969.