Hesket

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 323 people in Hesket of these 55.4% were male and 44.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Hesket was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.7% of the population.

Of people in Hesket aged 15 years and over, 57.6% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hesket was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Hesket, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hesket was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Hesket 27.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.6% were in primary school, 27.8% in secondary school and 14.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hesket were Australian 29.3%, English 29.1%, Irish 11.4%, Scottish 7.5% and German 5.1%.

In Hesket, 79.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, New Zealand 1.9%, Germany 0.9%, India 0.9% and Italy 0.9%.

In Hesket, 65.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hesket were No Religion 36.0%, Anglican 20.8%, Catholic 17.1%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Hesket 91.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 0.9%.

Employment

There were 180 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hesket. Of these 59.4% were employed full time, 30.6% were employed part-time and 1.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hesket, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hesket was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Hesket included Managers 25.8%, Professionals 24.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.3%, Labourers 9.6%, Sales Workers 6.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Hesket, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Livestock Farming 7.3%, School Education 6.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.5%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.0% and Computer System Design and Related Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hesket was $678.

In Hesket, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.9%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Walked only 3.4%, Train 2.8% and Bus 1.7%. On the day, 7.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hesket, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.6% provided care for children and 7.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.0% 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 Hesket, 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hesket, 45.9% were couple families with children, 45.9% were couple families without children and 8.2% were one parent families.

In Hesket 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hesket, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,562 and those without children was $2,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Hesket, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 11.2% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hesket, 67.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 32.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hesket, 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 Hesket, of occupied private dwellings 6.2% had 1 bedroom, 12.5% had 2 bedrooms and 35.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hesket, 43.2% were owned outright, 32.0% were owned with a mortgage and 19.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Hesket, of all households, 64.3% were family households, 32.5% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Hesket, 23.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.3% 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 Hesket, 18.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hesket, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Hesket, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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