Hugh

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 977 people in Hugh of these 76.7% were male and 23.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 84.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Hugh was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.1% of the population.

Of people in Hugh aged 15 years and over, 45.0% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hugh was 36 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Hugh, of people aged 15 years and over, 23.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hugh was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Hugh 72.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 6.2% were in primary school, 5.3% in secondary school and 2.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hugh were Australian Aboriginal 28.3%, English 4.9%, Australian 2.5%, Scottish 1.8% and Irish 1.0%.

In Hugh, 94.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Germany 0.7%, England 0.5%, New Zealand 0.5%, Turkey 0.3% and Zambia 0.3%.

In Hugh, 90.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hugh were Catholic 9.6%, Lutheran 8.4%, No Religion 8.4%, Anglican 5.4% and Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 2.1%.

In Hugh 24.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Western Arrarnta 5.6%, Arrernte, nec 4.5%, Luritja 1.1%, German 0.5% and Gumatj 0.5%.

Employment

There were 145 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hugh. Of these 62.8% were employed full time, 13.1% were employed part-time and 14.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hugh, 2.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hugh was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Hugh were Labourers 23.8%, Professionals 22.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 19.8%, Managers 14.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0% and Technicians and Trades Workers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Hugh, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 19.4%, Local Government Administration 14.5%, Medical Services 5.6%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.0% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hugh was $370.

In Hugh, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 49.6%, Walked only 15.2%, Car, as passenger 11.2%, Motorbike/scooter 3.2% and Truck 2.4%. 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 59.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hugh, of people aged 15 years and over, 22.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 12.9% provided care for children and 5.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 4.4% 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 Hugh, 10.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 1.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hugh, 42.9% were couple families with children, 32.5% were couple families without children and 24.7% were one parent families.

In Hugh 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hugh, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,562 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Hugh, of couple families with children, 35.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 19.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hugh, 66.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 33.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hugh, 78.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.1% were flats, units or apartments and 15.3% were other dwellings.

In Hugh, of occupied private dwellings 6.1% had 1 bedroom, 16.2% had 2 bedrooms and 53.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hugh, 21.6% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 69.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Hugh, of all households, 71.1% were family households, 28.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Hugh, 31.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.6% 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 Hugh, 40.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hugh, there were 821 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 635 (or 77.3%) were male and 186 (or 22.7%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Hugh, 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 $833.

In Hugh, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $30 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.