Hope Vale (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 974 people in Hope Vale (L) of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 95.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Hope Vale (L) was 24 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 30.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.1% of the population.

Of people in Hope Vale (L) aged 15 years and over, 13.9% were married and 4.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hope Vale (L) was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Hope Vale (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 12.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 31.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hope Vale (L) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Hope Vale (L) 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 50.7% were in primary school, 23.4% in secondary school and 3.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hope Vale (L) were Australian Aboriginal 88.7%, Australian 2.6%, English 2.6%, Torres Strait Islander 0.5% and New Zealander 0.4%.

In Hope Vale (L), 99.6% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Hope Vale (L), 98.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 1.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hope Vale (L) were Lutheran 87.0%, No Religion 4.9%, Anglican 2.4%, Catholic 1.2% and Jehovah's Witnesses 0.5%.

In Hope Vale (L) 8.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Guugu Yimidhirr 86.0%, Kuku Yalanji 0.3%, Jaru 0.3% and Wajarri 0.3%.

Employment

There were 401 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hope Vale (L). Of these 40.1% were employed full time, 24.2% were employed part-time and 30.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hope Vale (L), 4.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 23.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hope Vale (L) was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Hope Vale (L) included Labourers 27.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.5%, Professionals 13.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Managers 8.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.7% and Sales Workers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Hope Vale (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 45.1%, School Education 8.4%, Hospitals 5.5%, Employment Services 5.1% and Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 5.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hope Vale (L) was $292.

In Hope Vale (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 41.6%, Walked only 27.7%, Car, as passenger 24.8%, Bus 1.1% and Other 1.1%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hope Vale (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 76.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 46.2% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.7% 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 Hope Vale (L), 30.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hope Vale (L), 46.2% were couple families with children, 13.0% were couple families without children and 30.5% were one parent families.

In Hope Vale (L) 18.6% of single parents were male and 81.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hope Vale (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,600 and those without children was $949.

Employment status of couple families

In Hope Vale (L), of couple families with children, 18.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 6.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hope Vale (L), 91.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hope Vale (L), 94.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

In Hope Vale (L), of occupied private dwellings 4.9% had 1 bedroom, 10.6% had 2 bedrooms and 57.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 3.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hope Vale (L), 2.6% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 96.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Hope Vale (L), of all households, 85.5% were family households, 12.3% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Hope Vale (L), 31.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Hope Vale (L), 41.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 14.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hope Vale (L), there were 919 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 484 (or 52.7%) were male and 435 (or 47.3%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Hope Vale (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $830.

In Hope Vale (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.