Hammond Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,434 people in Hammond Park of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Hammond Park was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.9% of the population.

Of people in Hammond Park aged 15 years and over, 56.0% were married and 7.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hammond Park was 38 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Hammond Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hammond Park was 38 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Hammond Park 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.8% were in primary school, 17.8% in secondary school and 19.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hammond Park were English 25.4%, Australian 23.6%, Italian 5.4%, Scottish 5.3% and Irish 4.9%.

In Hammond Park, 59.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.9%, South Africa 3.4%, New Zealand 2.7%, Scotland 2.1% and India 1.7%.

In Hammond Park, 36.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 46.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hammond Park were Catholic 30.9%, No Religion 25.0%, Anglican 16.3%, Christian, nfd 3.1% and Uniting Church 2.5%.

In Hammond Park 75.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.1%, Spanish 1.6%, Afrikaans 1.2%, Tagalog 1.2% and Italian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 1,425 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hammond Park. Of these 69.3% were employed full time, 22.4% were employed part-time and 1.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hammond Park, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hammond Park was 33 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Hammond Park included Professionals 19.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.4%, Managers 12.3%, Sales Workers 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%, Labourers 7.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Hammond Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.2%, Hospitals 4.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4%, School Education 3.4% and Metal Ore Mining 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hammond Park was $1,011.

In Hammond Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.5%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Train, bus 4.1%, Train 3.6% and Train, car as driver 2.9%. On the day, 13.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hammond Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.8% provided care for children and 6.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.4% 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 Hammond Park, 29.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hammond Park, 49.5% were couple families with children, 40.2% were couple families without children and 9.2% were one parent families.

In Hammond Park 11.5% of single parents were male and 88.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hammond Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,405 and those without children was $2,398.

Employment status of couple families

In Hammond Park, of couple families with children, 30.7% had both partners employed full-time, 1.9% had both employed part-time and 25.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hammond Park, 89.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hammond Park, 85.6% were separate houses, 12.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Hammond Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 0.9% had 2 bedrooms and 25.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hammond Park, 11.1% were owned outright, 69.6% were owned with a mortgage and 17.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Hammond Park, of all households, 84.2% were family households, 12.8% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Hammond Park, 7.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.8% 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 Hammond Park, 24.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 57.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hammond Park, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 57.1%) were male and 3 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Hammond Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Hammond Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $405 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.