Acacia Hills (Tas.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 411 people in Acacia Hills (Tas.) of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Acacia Hills (Tas.) was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.8% of the population.

Of people in Acacia Hills (Tas.) aged 15 years and over, 59.6% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Acacia Hills (Tas.) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Acacia Hills (Tas.), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Acacia Hills (Tas.) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Acacia Hills (Tas.) 23.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.7% were in primary school, 34.7% in secondary school and 15.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Acacia Hills (Tas.) were Australian 44.8%, English 30.5%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 5.6% and Dutch 1.3%.

In Acacia Hills (Tas.), 87.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.9%, New Zealand 1.2%, Netherlands 1.0% and Philippines 0.7%.

In Acacia Hills (Tas.), 80.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Acacia Hills (Tas.) were No Religion 30.6%, Anglican 29.6%, Catholic 9.2%, Baptist 6.3% and Uniting Church 5.6%.

In Acacia Hills (Tas.) 95.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Hungarian 1.0% and Italian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 239 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Acacia Hills (Tas.). Of these 49.4% were employed full time, 37.2% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Acacia Hills (Tas.), 14.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Acacia Hills (Tas.) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Acacia Hills (Tas.) included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.1%, Professionals 14.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.5%, Sales Workers 12.7%, Labourers 11.0%, Managers 9.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Acacia Hills (Tas.), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.0%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 4.0%, Specialised Food Retailing 3.5% and Road Freight Transport 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Acacia Hills (Tas.) was $527.

In Acacia Hills (Tas.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.6%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Walked only 1.8%, Other 1.3% and Car as driver, car as passenger 1.3%. 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 76.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Acacia Hills (Tas.), of people aged 15 years and over, 78.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.5% provided care for children and 6.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.2% 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 Acacia Hills (Tas.), 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Acacia Hills (Tas.), 58.1% were couple families with children, 31.5% were couple families without children and 10.5% were one parent families.

In Acacia Hills (Tas.) 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Acacia Hills (Tas.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,807 and those without children was $2,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Acacia Hills (Tas.), of couple families with children, 17.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 35.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Acacia Hills (Tas.), 95.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Acacia Hills (Tas.), 98.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

In Acacia Hills (Tas.), of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 8.9% had 2 bedrooms and 53.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Acacia Hills (Tas.), 35.9% were owned outright, 51.7% were owned with a mortgage and 12.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Acacia Hills (Tas.), of all households, 85.7% were family households, 12.2% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Acacia Hills (Tas.), 19.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Acacia Hills (Tas.), 17.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Acacia Hills (Tas.), there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 42.9%) were male and 8 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Acacia Hills (Tas.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,833.

In Acacia Hills (Tas.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $650.