Home Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,027 people in Home Hill of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Home Hill was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.0% of the population.

Of people in Home Hill aged 15 years and over, 52.6% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Home Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Home Hill was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Home Hill 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 25.3% in secondary school and 7.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Home Hill were Australian 30.2%, English 25.5%, Italian 12.2%, Scottish 8.0% and Irish 7.1%.

In Home Hill, 85.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 2.3%, England 1.5%, New Zealand 0.5%, Germany 0.3% and Scotland 0.2%.

In Home Hill, 75.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Home Hill were Catholic 34.5%, Anglican 20.2%, No Religion 12.4%, Uniting Church 10.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.0%.

In Home Hill 87.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 4.0%, Greek 0.9%, German 0.2%, Japanese 0.2% and French 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,335 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Home Hill. Of these 63.4% were employed full time, 26.9% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Home Hill, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.0% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Home Hill included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Labourers 16.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.8%, Managers 13.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Professionals 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8% and Sales Workers 8.8%.

Of the employed people in Home Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 11.5%, Other Crop Growing 7.5%, School Education 5.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.8% and Residential Care Services 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Home Hill was $501.

In Home Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.9%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Walked only 5.2%, Truck 4.0% and Bus 1.2%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Home Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.4% 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 Home Hill, 21.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Home Hill, 40.4% were couple families with children, 43.8% were couple families without children and 15.0% were one parent families.

In Home Hill 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Home Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,978 and those without children was $1,604.

Employment status of couple families

In Home Hill, of couple families with children, 20.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 19.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Home Hill, 86.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Home Hill, 93.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.9% were flats, units or apartments and 2.3% were other dwellings.

In Home Hill, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 18.3% had 2 bedrooms and 53.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Home Hill, 45.2% were owned outright, 26.0% were owned with a mortgage and 25.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Home Hill, of all households, 73.1% were family households, 25.7% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Home Hill, 30.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% 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 Home Hill, 33.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Home Hill, there were 153 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 64 (or 41.8%) were male and 89 (or 58.2%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Home Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $822.

In Home Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,192.