Huntly

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,429 people in Huntly of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Huntly was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.1% of the population.

Of people in Huntly aged 15 years and over, 53.3% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Huntly was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Huntly, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Huntly was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Huntly 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.1% were in primary school, 29.4% in secondary school and 15.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Huntly were English 34.0%, Australian 33.2%, Irish 12.1%, Scottish 6.9% and German 2.3%.

In Huntly, 90.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, New Zealand 0.5%, Netherlands 0.4%, India 0.3% and Ireland 0.3%.

In Huntly, 85.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Huntly were No Religion 24.7%, Catholic 24.6%, Anglican 19.9%, Uniting Church 8.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Huntly 95.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 0.3%, Filipino 0.3%, Polish 0.3% and Thai 0.3%.

Employment

There were 729 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Huntly. Of these 58.4% were employed full time, 31.0% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Huntly, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.8% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Huntly included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Labourers 13.6%, Professionals 12.1%, Managers 10.3%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.4%.

Of the employed people in Huntly, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.6%, Road Freight Transport 4.1%, Poultry Farming 3.1%, Building Installation Services 3.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Huntly was $505.

In Huntly, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.1%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Truck 1.4%, Bus 1.3% and Walked only 0.9%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Huntly, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.9% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.8% 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 Huntly, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Huntly, 50.6% were couple families with children, 36.9% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

In Huntly 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Huntly, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,828 and those without children was $1,712.

Employment status of couple families

In Huntly, of couple families with children, 17.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 26.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Huntly, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Huntly, 98.8% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Huntly, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 7.8% had 2 bedrooms and 51.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Huntly, 36.0% were owned outright, 49.3% were owned with a mortgage and 12.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Huntly, of all households, 81.1% were family households, 16.8% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Huntly, 21.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.2% 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 Huntly, 22.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Huntly, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 42.9%) were male and 16 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Huntly, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Huntly, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $259 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.