Humbug Scrub

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 499 people in Humbug Scrub of these 53.9% were male and 46.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Humbug Scrub was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.2% of the population.

Of people in Humbug Scrub aged 15 years and over, 63.9% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Humbug Scrub was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Humbug Scrub, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.9% 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 Humbug Scrub was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Humbug Scrub 20.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.1% were in primary school, 26.2% in secondary school and 21.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Humbug Scrub were English 35.3%, Australian 28.6%, German 10.0%, Scottish 8.6% and Irish 6.1%.

In Humbug Scrub, 71.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 15.5%, Scotland 3.4%, Germany 1.4%, Italy 1.2% and New Zealand 1.2%.

In Humbug Scrub, 55.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Humbug Scrub were No Religion 30.8%, Anglican 16.7%, Catholic 12.5%, Uniting Church 9.7% and Christian, nfd 6.0%.

In Humbug Scrub 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.0%, German 0.6%, Dutch 0.6%, Spanish 0.6% and Latvian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 286 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Humbug Scrub. Of these 61.5% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Humbug Scrub, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Humbug Scrub was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Humbug Scrub included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.5%, Professionals 17.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.0%, Managers 15.9%, Labourers 7.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.7% and Sales Workers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Humbug Scrub, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Installation Services 5.3%, Road Freight Transport 4.6%, Defence 3.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5% and School Education 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Humbug Scrub was $627.

In Humbug Scrub, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.8%, Car, as passenger 2.1%, Bus 1.1%, Truck 1.1% and Other 1.1%. 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 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Humbug Scrub, of people aged 15 years and over, 84.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.4% provided care for children and 16.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.3% 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 Humbug Scrub, 32.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Humbug Scrub, 47.5% were couple families with children, 50.0% were couple families without children and 2.5% were one parent families.

In Humbug Scrub 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Humbug Scrub, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,463 and those without children was $2,071.

Employment status of couple families

In Humbug Scrub, of couple families with children, 20.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 26.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Humbug Scrub, 95.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Humbug Scrub, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Humbug Scrub, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 6.7% had 2 bedrooms and 42.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Humbug Scrub, 47.5% were owned outright, 45.9% were owned with a mortgage and 5.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Humbug Scrub, of all households, 87.7% were family households, 12.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Humbug Scrub, 15.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.1% 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 Humbug Scrub, 11.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 44.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

In Humbug Scrub, 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.