Hindmarsh Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 631 people in Hindmarsh Valley of these 54.2% were male and 45.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Hindmarsh Valley was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.6% of the population.

Of people in Hindmarsh Valley aged 15 years and over, 63.2% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hindmarsh Valley was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Hindmarsh Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hindmarsh Valley was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Hindmarsh Valley 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.6% were in primary school, 24.3% in secondary school and 12.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hindmarsh Valley were English 35.9%, Australian 34.3%, Scottish 7.2%, Irish 5.7% and German 4.3%.

In Hindmarsh Valley, 77.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.5%, Netherlands 1.7%, Scotland 1.0%, Italy 0.8% and New Zealand 0.6%.

In Hindmarsh Valley, 69.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hindmarsh Valley were No Religion 35.2%, Anglican 12.5%, Uniting Church 11.1%, Catholic 10.8% and Lutheran 5.1%.

In Hindmarsh Valley 92.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.3%, German 0.8%, Dutch 0.5%, Polish 0.5% and Japanese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 330 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hindmarsh Valley. Of these 52.1% were employed full time, 37.6% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hindmarsh Valley, 15.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hindmarsh Valley was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Hindmarsh Valley included Managers 25.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Professionals 15.0%, Labourers 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3%, Sales Workers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Hindmarsh Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.7%, School Education 5.0%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.7%, Hospitals 4.7% and Residential Care Services 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hindmarsh Valley was $506.

In Hindmarsh Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.4%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Walked only 3.4%, Car as driver, other 1.2% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hindmarsh Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.0% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.4% 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 Hindmarsh Valley, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hindmarsh Valley, 42.9% were couple families with children, 47.6% were couple families without children and 7.4% were one parent families.

In Hindmarsh Valley 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hindmarsh Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,714 and those without children was $1,659.

Employment status of couple families

In Hindmarsh Valley, of couple families with children, 20.2% had both partners employed full-time, 8.3% had both employed part-time and 23.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hindmarsh Valley, 79.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hindmarsh Valley, 97.0% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

In Hindmarsh Valley, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 10.2% had 2 bedrooms and 42.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hindmarsh Valley, 43.8% were owned outright, 37.0% were owned with a mortgage and 17.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Hindmarsh Valley, of all households, 78.3% were family households, 20.4% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Hindmarsh Valley, 23.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.6% 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 Hindmarsh Valley, 23.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hindmarsh Valley, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 44 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 Hindmarsh Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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