Howard Springs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,149 people in Howard Springs of these 54.3% were male and 45.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Howard Springs was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.7% of the population.

Of people in Howard Springs aged 15 years and over, 49.1% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Howard Springs was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Howard Springs, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Howard Springs was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Howard Springs 36.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.6% were in primary school, 18.7% in secondary school and 11.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Howard Springs were Australian 30.4%, English 27.1%, Irish 8.1%, Scottish 6.2% and German 3.7%.

In Howard Springs, 71.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 1.6%, Philippines 0.7%, Ireland 0.5% and Germany 0.4%.

In Howard Springs, 67.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Howard Springs were No Religion 25.6%, Catholic 20.5%, Anglican 15.4%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In Howard Springs 80.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.6%, Italian 0.5%, German 0.3%, Indonesian 0.2% and Mandarin 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,639 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Howard Springs. Of these 68.2% were employed full time, 21.4% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Howard Springs, 7.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Howard Springs was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Howard Springs included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.4%, Professionals 15.9%, Managers 13.0%, Labourers 8.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1% and Sales Workers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Howard Springs, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 8.3%, School Education 5.0%, Building Installation Services 3.1%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.1% and Road Freight Transport 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Howard Springs was $878.

In Howard Springs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.8%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Truck 1.9%, Walked only 1.8% and Bus 1.3%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Howard Springs, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.9% provided care for children and 7.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% 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 Howard Springs, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Howard Springs, 48.3% were couple families with children, 39.8% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

In Howard Springs 35.7% of single parents were male and 64.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Howard Springs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,702 and those without children was $2,217.

Employment status of couple families

In Howard Springs, of couple families with children, 34.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 18.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Howard Springs, 96.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Howard Springs, 92.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 6.5% were other dwellings.

In Howard Springs, of occupied private dwellings 8.9% had 1 bedroom, 14.6% had 2 bedrooms and 38.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Howard Springs, 32.5% were owned outright, 44.7% were owned with a mortgage and 19.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Howard Springs, of all households, 80.0% were family households, 17.2% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Howard Springs, 10.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.9% 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 Howard Springs, 17.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Howard Springs, there were 192 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 101 (or 52.6%) were male and 91 (or 47.4%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Howard Springs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,233.

In Howard Springs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,427.