Hallett Cove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 12,257 people in Hallett Cove of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Hallett Cove was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.7% of the population.

Of people in Hallett Cove aged 15 years and over, 57.8% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hallett Cove was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Hallett Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hallett Cove was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Hallett Cove 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.3% were in primary school, 23.7% in secondary school and 23.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hallett Cove were English 34.7%, Australian 24.8%, Scottish 7.4%, Irish 6.3% and German 5.1%.

In Hallett Cove, 65.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 14.6%, Scotland 2.5%, South Africa 1.8%, New Zealand 1.1% and Germany 1.1%.

In Hallett Cove, 47.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hallett Cove were No Religion 29.2%, Catholic 20.0%, Anglican 16.5%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Christian, nfd 2.9%.

In Hallett Cove 86.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Polish 1.0%, Greek 0.9%, German 0.8%, Arabic 0.8% and Mandarin 0.8%.

Employment

There were 7,039 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hallett Cove. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 33.2% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hallett Cove, 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hallett Cove was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Hallett Cove included Professionals 19.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Sales Workers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Managers 10.3%, Labourers 8.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Hallett Cove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.6%, School Education 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Residential Care Services 3.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hallett Cove was $629.

In Hallett Cove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.8%, Train 5.3%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Walked only 1.1% and Train, car as driver 1.0%. On the day, 9.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hallett Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.7% provided care for children and 11.5% 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 Hallett Cove, 29.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hallett Cove, 49.2% were couple families with children, 37.6% were couple families without children and 12.6% were one parent families.

In Hallett Cove 20.4% of single parents were male and 79.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hallett Cove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,261 and those without children was $2,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Hallett Cove, of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 27.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hallett Cove, 94.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hallett Cove, 94.9% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Hallett Cove, of occupied private dwellings 0.7% had 1 bedroom, 5.5% had 2 bedrooms and 55.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hallett Cove, 35.8% were owned outright, 48.1% were owned with a mortgage and 14.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Hallett Cove, of all households, 82.2% were family households, 15.9% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Hallett Cove, 16.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.5% 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 Hallett Cove, 29.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hallett Cove, there were 65 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 33 (or 50.8%) were male and 32 (or 49.2%) 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 Hallett Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Hallett Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.