Harlin

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 534 people in Harlin of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Harlin was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population.

Of people in Harlin aged 15 years and over, 65.8% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Harlin was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Harlin, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Harlin was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Harlin 25.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.4% were in primary school, 12.2% in secondary school and 8.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Harlin were Australian 37.5%, English 27.1%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 6.6% and German 6.6%.

In Harlin, 86.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.1%, Papua New Guinea 0.8%, Scotland 0.8% and Indonesia 0.6%.

In Harlin, 79.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Harlin were Anglican 24.6%, Catholic 23.1%, No Religion 20.3%, Uniting Church 8.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Harlin 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Mandarin 1.3%, Vietnamese 0.6% and Japanese 0.6%.

Employment

There were 258 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Harlin. Of these 51.9% were employed full time, 36.0% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Harlin, 13.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Harlin was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Harlin included Managers 22.9%, Labourers 18.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.6%, Sales Workers 6.7% and Professionals 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Harlin, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 12.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.6%, School Education 7.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2% and Road Freight Transport 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Harlin was $470.

In Harlin, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.9%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Truck 4.1%, Walked only 4.1% and Bus 1.7%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Harlin, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.2% 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, 22.2% 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 Harlin, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Harlin, 40.4% were couple families with children, 54.0% were couple families without children and 5.6% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Harlin, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,678 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Harlin, of couple families with children, 17.8% had both partners employed full-time, 7.5% had both employed part-time and 20.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Harlin, 76.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Harlin, 96.9% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Harlin, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 9.4% had 2 bedrooms and 39.1% 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 Harlin, 39.9% were owned outright, 33.2% were owned with a mortgage and 22.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Harlin, of all households, 81.8% were family households, 18.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Harlin, 30.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.5% 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 Harlin, 27.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Harlin, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 30.4%) were male and 16 (or 69.6%) 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 Harlin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Harlin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $168 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.