Hampton Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 23,767 people in Hampton Park of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Hampton Park was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.9% of the population.

Of people in Hampton Park aged 15 years and over, 52.0% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hampton Park was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Hampton Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hampton Park was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Hampton Park 34.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 25.1% in secondary school and 17.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hampton Park were English 15.3%, Australian 14.6%, Indian 7.0%, Irish 3.5% and Scottish 3.3%.

In Hampton Park, 45.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 8.1%, Sri Lanka 4.7%, New Zealand 3.8%, Mauritius 3.1% and Afghanistan 3.0%.

In Hampton Park, 22.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 69.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hampton Park were Catholic 29.7%, No Religion 14.3%, Islam 8.3%, Anglican 7.4% and Buddhism 7.0%.

In Hampton Park 50.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Sinhalese 3.9%, Dari 2.5%, French 2.3%, Hindi 2.1% and Khmer 2.1%.

Employment

There were 11,287 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hampton Park. Of these 61.3% were employed full time, 25.2% were employed part-time and 7.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hampton Park, 9.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hampton Park was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Hampton Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.7%, Labourers 16.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Professionals 9.0%, Sales Workers 8.4% and Managers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Hampton Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 3.4%, Residential Care Services 3.1%, Road Freight Transport 2.7% and Hospitals 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hampton Park was $507.

In Hampton Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.3%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Train 3.7%, Bus 1.8% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 9.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hampton Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.9% 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 Hampton Park, 21.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hampton Park, 56.1% were couple families with children, 23.1% were couple families without children and 19.0% were one parent families.

In Hampton Park 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hampton Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,824 and those without children was $1,642.

Employment status of couple families

In Hampton Park, of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 17.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hampton Park, 95.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hampton Park, 86.9% were separate houses, 10.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Hampton Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 6.6% had 2 bedrooms and 64.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hampton Park, 19.6% were owned outright, 52.9% were owned with a mortgage and 23.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Hampton Park, of all households, 82.3% were family households, 15.3% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Hampton Park, 19.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 Hampton Park, 33.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hampton Park, there were 187 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 88 (or 47.1%) were male and 99 (or 52.9%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Hampton Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,069.

In Hampton Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $255 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,744.