Haigslea

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 414 people in Haigslea of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Haigslea was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.3% of the population.

Of people in Haigslea aged 15 years and over, 52.0% were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Haigslea was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Haigslea, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Haigslea was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Haigslea 26.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.0% were in primary school, 19.6% in secondary school and 16.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Haigslea were Australian 32.5%, English 22.7%, German 16.5%, Irish 7.3% and Scottish 6.2%.

In Haigslea, 84.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, New Zealand 1.9%, Barbados 0.7%, Germany 0.7% and Ireland 0.7%.

In Haigslea, 78.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Haigslea were Catholic 18.8%, No Religion 16.6%, Uniting Church 16.6%, Anglican 16.1% and Lutheran 12.0%.

In Haigslea 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Czech 1.0%.

Employment

There were 232 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Haigslea. Of these 55.6% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 7.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Haigslea, 7.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.6% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Haigslea included Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.7%, Professionals 16.0%, Managers 12.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 8.5% and Labourers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Haigslea, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 7.0%, School Education 7.0%, State Government Administration 3.8%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 3.8% and Residential Building Construction 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Haigslea was $526.

In Haigslea, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.1%, Walked only 5.2%, Truck 3.3%, Train, car as driver 2.4% and Car, as passenger 1.9%. On the day, 4.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Haigslea, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.2% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.8% 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 Haigslea, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Haigslea, 36.5% were couple families with children, 48.7% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Haigslea 43.8% of single parents were male and 56.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Haigslea, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,125 and those without children was $2,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Haigslea, of couple families with children, 20.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 24.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Haigslea, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Haigslea, 86.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 10.3% were other dwellings.

In Haigslea, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 9.7% had 2 bedrooms and 49.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Haigslea, 42.7% were owned outright, 31.5% were owned with a mortgage and 23.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Haigslea, of all households, 80.7% were family households, 17.2% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Haigslea, 21.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.5% 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 Haigslea, 20.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Haigslea, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) 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 Haigslea, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Haigslea, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.