Holtze

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,064 people in Holtze of these 85.5% were male and 14.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Holtze was 23 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 2.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.8% of the population.

Of people in Holtze aged 15 years and over, 10.6% were married and 6.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Holtze was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Holtze, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Holtze was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Holtze 11.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 11.9% were in primary school, 13.6% in secondary school and 12.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Holtze were English 28.7%, Australian 27.8%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 7.6% and German 4.2%.

In Holtze, 85.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.2%, Germany 0.7%, Philippines 0.7%, Fiji 0.4% and New Zealand 0.4%.

In Holtze, 66.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Holtze were No Religion 32.5%, Catholic 29.5%, Anglican 14.8%, Uniting Church 3.3% and Baptist 1.7%.

In Holtze 87.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, Polish 0.5%, Hindi 0.5%, Mandarin 0.5% and Italian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 919 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Holtze. Of these 79.0% were employed full time, 4.9% were employed part-time and 0.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Holtze, 2.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 1.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 71.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Holtze was 22 years and for people who were employed part-time was 28 years.

The most common occupations in Holtze included Community and Personal Service Workers 49.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Managers 8.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.4%, Professionals 4.5%, Labourers 0.9% and Sales Workers 0.4%.

Of the employed people in Holtze, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 85.9%, Accommodation 1.5%, Road Freight Transport 1.2%, Residential Building Construction 0.8% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 0.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Holtze was $988.

In Holtze, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 42.3%, Car, as driver 25.8%, Bicycle 9.7%, Car, as passenger 3.7% and Other 2.0%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 29.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Holtze, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 7.8% provided care for children and 5.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.7% 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 Holtze, 15.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 2.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 1.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Holtze, 33.3% were couple families with children, 51.0% were couple families without children and 15.7% were one parent families.

In Holtze 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Holtze, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Holtze, of couple families with children, 37.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 23.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Holtze, 27.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 18.9% were flats, units or apartments and 53.3% were other dwellings.

In Holtze, of occupied private dwellings 34.4% had 1 bedroom, 5.6% had 2 bedrooms and 13.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Holtze, 49.5% were owned outright, 15.4% were owned with a mortgage and 24.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Holtze, of all households, 57.6% were family households, 39.1% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Holtze, 33.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.2% 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 Holtze, 41.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 21.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Holtze, there were 40 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 28 (or 70.0%) were male and 12 (or 30.0%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Holtze, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,292.

In Holtze, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $2,000 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,133.