Helidon Spa

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 621 people in Helidon Spa of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Helidon Spa was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.9% of the population.

Of people in Helidon Spa aged 15 years and over, 52.3% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Helidon Spa was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Helidon Spa, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Helidon Spa was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Helidon Spa 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.3% were in primary school, 20.8% in secondary school and 15.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Helidon Spa were Australian 31.0%, English 29.3%, Scottish 9.1%, Irish 8.8% and German 7.5%.

In Helidon Spa, 85.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, New Zealand 1.8%, Germany 1.1%, South Africa 0.8% and United States of America 0.6%.

In Helidon Spa, 79.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Helidon Spa were Catholic 26.0%, Anglican 19.4%, No Religion 16.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8% and Uniting Church 4.3%.

In Helidon Spa 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.8%, Afrikaans 0.8%, Italian 0.5% and Indonesian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 295 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Helidon Spa. Of these 59.3% were employed full time, 25.1% were employed part-time and 8.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Helidon Spa, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Helidon Spa was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Helidon Spa included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Managers 13.4%, Labourers 11.9%, Professionals 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.0% and Sales Workers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Helidon Spa, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.7%, Road Freight Transport 3.7%, Hospitals 3.7% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Helidon Spa was $514.

In Helidon Spa, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.7%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Truck 3.0%, Walked only 3.0% and Other 1.1%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Helidon Spa, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.3% provided care for children and 8.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.5% 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 Helidon Spa, 24.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Helidon Spa, 39.0% were couple families with children, 44.1% were couple families without children and 16.9% were one parent families.

In Helidon Spa 11.1% of single parents were male and 88.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Helidon Spa, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,125 and those without children was $1,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Helidon Spa, of couple families with children, 20.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 14.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Helidon Spa, 94.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Helidon Spa, 72.1% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 26.5% were other dwellings.

In Helidon Spa, of occupied private dwellings 15.3% had 1 bedroom, 15.3% had 2 bedrooms and 30.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Helidon Spa, 25.0% were owned outright, 40.7% were owned with a mortgage and 31.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Helidon Spa, of all households, 79.2% were family households, 19.4% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Helidon Spa, 23.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.2% 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 Helidon Spa, 25.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Helidon Spa, there were 41 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 36.6%) were male and 26 (or 63.4%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Helidon Spa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 2.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In Helidon Spa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $225 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.