Harcourt

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 872 people in Harcourt of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Harcourt was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in Harcourt aged 15 years and over, 50.3% were married and 16.1% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Harcourt, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Harcourt was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Harcourt 27.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.8% were in primary school, 25.2% in secondary school and 19.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Harcourt were English 35.7%, Australian 30.7%, Scottish 10.1%, Irish 8.6% and German 3.2%.

In Harcourt, 89.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, New Zealand 1.1%, Wales 0.6%, Germany 0.5% and Ireland 0.5%.

In Harcourt, 81.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Harcourt were No Religion 39.5%, Anglican 13.4%, Uniting Church 12.9%, Catholic 12.4% and Churches of Christ 2.3%.

In Harcourt 95.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Macedonian 0.5%, Greek 0.3%, Portuguese 0.3%, Russian 0.3% and Cantonese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 439 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Harcourt. Of these 55.1% were employed full time, 34.4% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Harcourt, 14.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Harcourt was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Harcourt included Labourers 17.1%, Professionals 16.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Managers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.3% and Sales Workers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Harcourt, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 5.7%, Medical Services 5.5%, School Education 4.5%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.0% and Hospitals 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Harcourt was $508.

In Harcourt, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.1%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Walked only 2.6%, Truck 1.7% and Train 1.0%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Harcourt, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.8% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.4% 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 Harcourt, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Harcourt, 43.1% were couple families with children, 40.2% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Harcourt 29.7% of single parents were male and 70.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Harcourt, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,031.

Employment status of couple families

In Harcourt, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 7.0% had both employed part-time and 21.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Harcourt, 87.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Harcourt, 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 Harcourt, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 16.6% had 2 bedrooms and 54.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Harcourt, 40.1% were owned outright, 42.2% were owned with a mortgage and 15.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Harcourt, of all households, 73.1% were family households, 25.1% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Harcourt, 28.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 Harcourt, 25.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Harcourt, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 70.0%) were male and 3 (or 30.0%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Harcourt, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,583.

In Harcourt, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,681.