Hoppers Crossing

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 37,598 people in Hoppers Crossing of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Hoppers Crossing was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.5% of the population.

Of people in Hoppers Crossing aged 15 years and over, 51.6% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hoppers Crossing was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Hoppers Crossing, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hoppers Crossing was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Hoppers Crossing 32.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.6% were in primary school, 25.7% in secondary school and 18.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hoppers Crossing were Australian 21.9%, English 19.8%, Irish 5.4%, Italian 5.2% and Scottish 4.9%.

In Hoppers Crossing, 63.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 4.2%, England 2.6%, Philippines 2.4%, New Zealand 2.4% and Italy 1.4%.

In Hoppers Crossing, 41.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 47.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hoppers Crossing were Catholic 32.6%, No Religion 17.4%, Anglican 11.2%, Islam 5.6% and Eastern Orthodox 3.9%.

In Hoppers Crossing 67.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.2%, Arabic 1.8%, Hindi 1.3%, Maltese 1.2% and Karen 1.2%.

Employment

There were 19,201 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hoppers Crossing. Of these 60.5% were employed full time, 27.5% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hoppers Crossing, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hoppers Crossing was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Hoppers Crossing included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Professionals 13.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.3%, Labourers 10.7%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1% and Managers 8.4%.

Of the employed people in Hoppers Crossing, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Road Freight Transport 4.3%, School Education 3.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8% and Hospitals 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hoppers Crossing was $548.

In Hoppers Crossing, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.4%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Train 5.2%, Walked only 1.2% and Train, car as driver 1.2%. On the day, 10.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hoppers Crossing, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.8% 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 Hoppers Crossing, 24.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hoppers Crossing, 52.0% were couple families with children, 29.1% were couple families without children and 17.6% were one parent families.

In Hoppers Crossing 18.7% of single parents were male and 81.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hoppers Crossing, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,160 and those without children was $1,911.

Employment status of couple families

In Hoppers Crossing, of couple families with children, 21.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% 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 Hoppers Crossing, 94.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hoppers Crossing, 90.7% were separate houses, 5.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Hoppers Crossing, of occupied private dwellings 0.7% had 1 bedroom, 6.8% had 2 bedrooms and 58.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hoppers Crossing, 32.3% were owned outright, 44.8% were owned with a mortgage and 20.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Hoppers Crossing, of all households, 80.7% were family households, 17.0% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Hoppers Crossing, 19.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.1% 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 Hoppers Crossing, 31.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hoppers Crossing, there were 236 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 123 (or 52.1%) were male and 113 (or 47.9%) 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 Hoppers Crossing, 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 $1,102.

In Hoppers Crossing, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,088.