Hatton Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,138 people in Hatton Vale of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Hatton Vale was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.5% of the population.

Of people in Hatton Vale aged 15 years and over, 54.1% were married and 14.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hatton Vale was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Hatton Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hatton Vale was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Hatton Vale 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.1% were in primary school, 26.8% in secondary school and 9.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hatton Vale were English 31.2%, Australian 30.4%, German 10.6%, Scottish 7.9% and Irish 5.8%.

In Hatton Vale, 83.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 2.6%, Netherlands 0.9%, Germany 0.6% and Wales 0.4%.

In Hatton Vale, 72.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hatton Vale were No Religion 21.6%, Anglican 18.5%, Catholic 18.0%, Uniting Church 7.3% and Lutheran 5.4%.

In Hatton Vale 93.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.6%, Welsh 0.3%, German 0.3%, Spanish 0.3% and Croatian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 535 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hatton Vale. Of these 58.5% were employed full time, 28.0% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hatton Vale, 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hatton Vale was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Hatton Vale included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.4%, Labourers 16.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.6%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Professionals 8.2% and Managers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Hatton Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.6%, Road Freight Transport 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.6% and Residential Care Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hatton Vale was $467.

In Hatton Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.1%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Truck 3.2%, Train, car as driver 1.8% and Walked only 1.6%. On the day, 2.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hatton Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.4% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.1% 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 Hatton Vale, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hatton Vale, 49.7% were couple families with children, 36.6% were couple families without children and 13.7% were one parent families.

In Hatton Vale 17.9% of single parents were male and 82.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hatton Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,119 and those without children was $1,523.

Employment status of couple families

In Hatton Vale, of couple families with children, 19.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 18.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hatton Vale, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hatton Vale, 98.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

In Hatton Vale, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 7.0% had 2 bedrooms and 35.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hatton Vale, 29.0% were owned outright, 55.9% were owned with a mortgage and 11.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Hatton Vale, of all households, 82.7% were family households, 14.6% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Hatton Vale, 21.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.9% 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 Hatton Vale, 23.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hatton Vale, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 70.0%) were male and 3 (or 30.0%) were female. The median age was 2 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 Hatton Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,483.

In Hatton Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $563.