Hope Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,483 people in Hope Island of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Hope Island was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.9% of the population.

Of people in Hope Island aged 15 years and over, 60.4% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hope Island was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Hope Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hope Island was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Hope Island 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.8% were in primary school, 18.8% in secondary school and 16.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hope Island were English 33.3%, Australian 20.6%, Irish 7.6%, Scottish 7.5% and German 3.4%.

In Hope Island, 57.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.7%, New Zealand 8.1%, South Africa 3.8%, Japan 1.3% and Scotland 1.1%.

In Hope Island, 45.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hope Island were Anglican 26.8%, Catholic 22.5%, No Religion 18.3%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Hope Island 83.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 1.5%, Afrikaans 1.2%, Italian 0.6%, German 0.5% and Mandarin 0.5%.

Employment

There were 4,174 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hope Island. Of these 59.9% were employed full time, 28.9% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hope Island, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hope Island was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Hope Island included Managers 22.4%, Professionals 18.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Sales Workers 12.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, Labourers 5.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Hope Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Residential Building Construction 3.5%, Real Estate Services 2.9%, School Education 2.8% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hope Island was $721.

In Hope Island, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.5%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Walked only 1.5%, Other 1.2% and Train 1.2%. On the day, 2.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hope Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.9% provided care for children and 7.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.7% 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 Hope Island, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hope Island, 35.3% were couple families with children, 54.2% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Hope Island 21.2% of single parents were male and 78.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hope Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,543 and those without children was $2,223.

Employment status of couple families

In Hope Island, of couple families with children, 21.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 17.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hope Island, 78.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hope Island, 62.8% were separate houses, 21.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.7% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Hope Island, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 17.0% had 2 bedrooms and 44.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hope Island, 33.7% were owned outright, 30.9% were owned with a mortgage and 33.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Hope Island, of all households, 79.6% were family households, 17.4% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Hope Island, 17.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.7% 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 Hope Island, 31.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hope Island, there were 45 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 44.4%) were male and 25 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Hope Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,171.

In Hope Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $400 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,284.