Herne Hill (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,321 people in Herne Hill (Vic.) of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Herne Hill (Vic.) was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.5% of the population.

Of people in Herne Hill (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 40.5% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Herne Hill (Vic.) was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Herne Hill (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 40.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Herne Hill (Vic.) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Herne Hill (Vic.) 27.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.4% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 22.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Herne Hill (Vic.) were Australian 29.6%, English 27.9%, Irish 10.9%, Scottish 7.9% and German 3.4%.

In Herne Hill (Vic.), 82.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, New Zealand 1.2%, Germany 0.6%, Netherlands 0.5% and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 0.5%.

In Herne Hill (Vic.), 71.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Herne Hill (Vic.) were Catholic 27.9%, No Religion 23.8%, Anglican 11.9%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3%.

In Herne Hill (Vic.) 88.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.8%, Macedonian 0.6%, Croatian 0.4%, German 0.4% and Greek 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,700 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Herne Hill (Vic.). Of these 57.8% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Herne Hill (Vic.), 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Herne Hill (Vic.) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Herne Hill (Vic.) included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Professionals 16.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Labourers 12.2%, Sales Workers 11.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.9% and Managers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Herne Hill (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, School Education 4.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2% and Other Social Assistance Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Herne Hill (Vic.) was $534.

In Herne Hill (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.3%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Train 2.1%, Walked only 1.8% and Bicycle 1.6%. On the day, 5.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Herne Hill (Vic.), 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, 23.9% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.4% 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 Herne Hill (Vic.), 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Herne Hill (Vic.), 34.9% were couple families with children, 42.6% were couple families without children and 20.8% were one parent families.

In Herne Hill (Vic.) 18.1% of single parents were male and 81.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Herne Hill (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,931 and those without children was $1,874.

Employment status of couple families

In Herne Hill (Vic.), of couple families with children, 17.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Herne Hill (Vic.), 91.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Herne Hill (Vic.), 74.2% were separate houses, 0.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Herne Hill (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 14.4% had 1 bedroom, 20.9% had 2 bedrooms and 51.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Herne Hill (Vic.), 33.5% were owned outright, 30.8% were owned with a mortgage and 32.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Herne Hill (Vic.), of all households, 57.5% were family households, 38.9% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Herne Hill (Vic.), 32.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.8% 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 Herne Hill (Vic.), 45.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Herne Hill (Vic.), there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 46.7%) were male and 8 (or 53.3%) were female. The median age was 37 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 Herne Hill (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Herne Hill (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $110 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,467.