Howard

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,364 people in Howard of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Howard was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 26.2% of the population.

Of people in Howard aged 15 years and over, 49.0% were married and 18.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Howard was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Howard, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.9% 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 Howard was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Howard 26.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.6% were in primary school, 16.0% in secondary school and 6.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Howard were English 32.4%, Australian 32.1%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 6.2% and German 5.9%.

In Howard, 78.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, New Zealand 2.3%, Germany 1.1%, Scotland 1.1% and Netherlands 0.5%.

In Howard, 71.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Howard were Anglican 26.3%, No Religion 20.4%, Catholic 15.6%, Uniting Church 8.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Howard 89.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Dutch 0.4%, Japanese 0.4%, Spanish 0.3% and Italian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 385 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Howard. Of these 48.3% were employed full time, 29.6% were employed part-time and 13.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Howard, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Howard was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Howard included Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Labourers 14.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.9%, Sales Workers 12.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.9%, Professionals 11.4%, Managers 9.6% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.0%.

Of the employed people in Howard, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9%, Road Freight Transport 3.3%, School Education 3.3% and Other Social Assistance Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Howard was $353.

In Howard, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.8%, Walked only 8.4%, Car, as passenger 8.1%, Truck 2.7% and Bus 1.2%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Howard, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.6% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.6% 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 Howard, 20.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Howard, 27.4% were couple families with children, 53.4% were couple families without children and 18.4% were one parent families.

In Howard 15.5% of single parents were male and 84.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Howard, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,874 and those without children was $1,468.

Employment status of couple families

In Howard, of couple families with children, 11.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 4.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Howard, 88.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Howard, 94.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Howard, of occupied private dwellings 7.5% had 1 bedroom, 23.0% had 2 bedrooms and 48.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Howard, 43.4% were owned outright, 23.5% were owned with a mortgage and 29.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Howard, of all households, 67.6% were family households, 28.2% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Howard, 48.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.8% 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 Howard, 43.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Howard, there were 51 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 39.2%) were male and 31 (or 60.8%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Howard, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $733.

In Howard, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $758.