Halifax (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 431 people in Halifax (L) of these 53.6% were male and 46.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Halifax (L) was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.0% of the population.

Of people in Halifax (L) aged 15 years and over, 44.8% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Halifax (L) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Halifax (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 44.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Halifax (L) was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Halifax (L) 23.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.7% were in primary school, 29.7% in secondary school and 14.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Halifax (L) were Australian 27.5%, English 22.8%, Italian 19.1%, Irish 7.9% and Scottish 5.4%.

In Halifax (L), 84.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.6%, Italy 2.3%, Germany 1.4%, New Zealand 1.2% and Fiji 0.9%.

In Halifax (L), 66.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Halifax (L) were Catholic 37.9%, No Religion 17.9%, Anglican 16.0%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Jehovah's Witnesses 2.6%.

In Halifax (L) 91.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 4.4% and German 0.7%.

Employment

There were 186 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Halifax (L). Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 25.8% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Halifax (L), 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Halifax (L) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Halifax (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.2%, Labourers 19.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.1%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.4%, Managers 7.3% and Professionals 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Halifax (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 17.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.9%, School Education 4.9%, Residential Care Services 4.4% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Halifax (L) was $390.

In Halifax (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.1%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Truck 5.0%, Walked only 5.0% and Bus 2.8%. On the day, 5.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Halifax (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 65.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.7% 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 Halifax (L), 20.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Halifax (L), 47.3% were couple families with children, 43.8% were couple families without children and 8.9% were one parent families.

In Halifax (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Halifax (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,694 and those without children was $875.

Employment status of couple families

In Halifax (L), of couple families with children, 13.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 14.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Halifax (L), 85.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Halifax (L), 97.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.3% were other dwellings.

In Halifax (L), of occupied private dwellings 7.4% had 1 bedroom, 22.9% had 2 bedrooms and 45.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Halifax (L), 43.8% were owned outright, 25.6% were owned with a mortgage and 26.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Halifax (L), of all households, 61.9% were family households, 36.4% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Halifax (L), 42.6% 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 Halifax (L), 36.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Halifax (L), there were 44 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 25 (or 56.8%) were male and 19 (or 43.2%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Halifax (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $524.

In Halifax (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $900.