Hawks Nest

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,123 people in Hawks Nest of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Hawks Nest was 58 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 38.0% of the population.

Of people in Hawks Nest aged 15 years and over, 52.4% were married and 15.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hawks Nest was 65 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Hawks Nest, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hawks Nest was 66 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Hawks Nest 20.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.3% were in primary school, 15.9% in secondary school and 14.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hawks Nest were English 36.4%, Australian 28.7%, Irish 10.0%, Scottish 7.6% and German 2.3%.

In Hawks Nest, 82.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, New Zealand 2.2%, South Africa 0.7%, Scotland 0.5% and Northern Ireland 0.4%.

In Hawks Nest, 73.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hawks Nest were Anglican 35.1%, Catholic 22.8%, No Religion 15.0%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Hawks Nest 91.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 0.5%, Mandarin 0.5%, Arabic 0.4%, Croatian 0.4% and Swedish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 354 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hawks Nest. Of these 47.5% were employed full time, 37.6% were employed part-time and 8.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hawks Nest, 19.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hawks Nest was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Hawks Nest included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.7%, Professionals 16.3%, Labourers 13.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Managers 12.0%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Hawks Nest, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.7%, Accommodation 5.2%, School Education 4.0%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 2.8% and Hospitals 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hawks Nest was $462.

In Hawks Nest, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.3%, Walked only 7.7%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Train 0.9% and Bus 0.9%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hawks Nest, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.0% provided care for children and 14.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.5% 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 Hawks Nest, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hawks Nest, 18.9% were couple families with children, 61.5% were couple families without children and 18.6% were one parent families.

In Hawks Nest 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hawks Nest, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,666 and those without children was $1,536.

Employment status of couple families

In Hawks Nest, of couple families with children, 8.2% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 10.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hawks Nest, 34.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 65.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hawks Nest, 77.6% were separate houses, 12.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Hawks Nest, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 26.5% had 2 bedrooms and 44.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hawks Nest, 49.9% were owned outright, 13.0% were owned with a mortgage and 32.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Hawks Nest, of all households, 62.6% were family households, 35.4% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Hawks Nest, 40.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.6% 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 Hawks Nest, 48.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hawks Nest, there were 43 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 25 (or 58.1%) were male and 18 (or 41.9%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Hawks Nest, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $860.

In Hawks Nest, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $215 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.