Hackney

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 639 people in Hackney of these 57.4% were male and 42.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Hackney was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.3% of the population.

Of people in Hackney aged 15 years and over, 30.0% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hackney was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Hackney, of people aged 15 years and over, 33.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hackney was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Hackney 41.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 8.2% were in primary school, 31.2% in secondary school and 29.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hackney were English 26.0%, Australian 19.3%, Irish 8.1%, Scottish 7.4% and German 6.2%.

In Hackney, 66.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.9%, Italy 1.1%, Pakistan 1.1% and United States of America 1.1%.

In Hackney, 56.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hackney were No Religion 27.1%, Anglican 20.7%, Catholic 20.0%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Islam 2.0%.

In Hackney 74.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.3%, Dinka 2.3%, Italian 1.6%, Cantonese 1.4% and German 1.1%.

Employment

There were 248 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hackney. Of these 50.8% were employed full time, 34.7% were employed part-time and 8.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hackney, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hackney was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 32 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Hackney were Professionals 40.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.5%, Managers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Labourers 9.3%, Sales Workers 7.5% and Technicians and Trades Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Hackney, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.9%, Tertiary Education 3.9% and Allied Health Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hackney was $513.

In Hackney, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.5%, Walked only 18.8%, Bus 6.6%, Bicycle 5.7% and Car, as passenger 2.6%. On the day, 6.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 46.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hackney, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 15.4% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.5% 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 Hackney, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hackney, 33.9% were couple families with children, 49.1% were couple families without children and 17.0% were one parent families.

In Hackney 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hackney, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,416 and those without children was $1,916.

Employment status of couple families

In Hackney, of couple families with children, 12.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 23.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hackney, 90.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hackney, 51.2% were separate houses, 44.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Hackney, of occupied private dwellings 16.4% had 1 bedroom, 39.2% had 2 bedrooms and 29.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hackney, 28.0% were owned outright, 14.4% were owned with a mortgage and 43.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Hackney, of all households, 42.8% were family households, 48.4% were single person households and 8.8% were group households.

In Hackney, 30.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.7% 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 Hackney, 40.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 21.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hackney, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Hackney, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $266.

In Hackney, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $93 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.