Hermit Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,521 people in Hermit Park of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Hermit Park was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.5% of the population.

Of people in Hermit Park aged 15 years and over, 32.9% were married and 15.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hermit Park was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Hermit Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 32.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hermit Park was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Hermit Park 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.5% were in primary school, 13.0% in secondary school and 26.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hermit Park were Australian 26.7%, English 25.8%, Irish 9.8%, Scottish 8.3% and German 3.9%.

In Hermit Park, 76.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.0%, England 2.7%, Philippines 1.4%, India 0.9% and Papua New Guinea 0.6%.

In Hermit Park, 66.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hermit Park were Catholic 26.5%, No Religion 24.3%, Anglican 17.5%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7%.

In Hermit Park 84.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.0%, German 0.7%, Italian 0.7%, Greek 0.5% and Cantonese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,965 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hermit Park. Of these 61.6% were employed full time, 26.4% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hermit Park, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hermit Park was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Hermit Park included Professionals 22.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Labourers 10.4%, Managers 9.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Hermit Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, School Education 4.4%, Tertiary Education 3.4% and Defence 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hermit Park was $658.

In Hermit Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.1%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Walked only 3.1%, Bicycle 2.9% and Bus 2.2%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hermit Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.9% provided care for children and 8.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Hermit Park, 29.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hermit Park, 37.5% were couple families with children, 36.4% were couple families without children and 23.2% were one parent families.

In Hermit Park 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hermit Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,378 and those without children was $2,008.

Employment status of couple families

In Hermit Park, of couple families with children, 24.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 22.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hermit Park, 89.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hermit Park, 50.0% were separate houses, 36.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Hermit Park, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 51.0% had 2 bedrooms and 29.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hermit Park, 19.5% were owned outright, 28.4% were owned with a mortgage and 48.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Hermit Park, of all households, 57.5% were family households, 35.5% were single person households and 7.0% were group households.

In Hermit Park, 25.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.1% 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 Hermit Park, 43.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hermit Park, there were 200 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 99 (or 49.5%) were male and 101 (or 50.5%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Hermit Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $875.

In Hermit Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $204 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.