Upper Horton

Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

In the 2016 Census, there were 168 people in Upper Horton. Of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Horton was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 29.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.6% of the population.

Of people in Upper Horton aged 15 years and over, 52.1% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

In Upper Horton, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.5% were in a de facto marriage.

In Upper Horton 40.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.4% were in primary school, 8.7% in secondary school and 4.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Of people aged 15 and over in Upper Horton, 15.2% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 12.3% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 5.8% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Horton were English 34.0%, Australian 29.5%, Scottish 14.1%, Irish 7.1% and German 4.1%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Upper Horton (including those who did not state an ancestry).

In Upper Horton, 84.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was England 1.8%.

In Upper Horton, 79.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

In Upper Horton, the only stated responses for country of birth of male parents were Australia 85.5% and England 3.0%.

In Upper Horton, the only stated responses for country of birth of female parents were Australia 81.4%, United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, nfd 2.9% and England 2.9%.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Horton were Anglican 38.9%, Catholic 21.6%, No Religion, so described 17.4%, Not stated 13.2% and Uniting Church 7.2%. In Upper Horton, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (80.5%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

In Upper Horton 85.0% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 65 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Horton. Of these 58.5% were employed full time, 32.3% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

Of employed people in Upper Horton, 6.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 65.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The only other responses for occupation in Upper Horton were Managers 71.9%, Labourers 17.5%, Professionals 5.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Upper Horton, the only responses for industry of employent were Beef Cattle Farming (Specialised) 60.0%, Sheep-Beef Cattle Farming 15.0% and Sheep Farming (Specialised) 12.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Horton was $492.

View the data quality statements for: Total personal income (INCP) Total family income (FINF) Total household income (HIND)

In Upper Horton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 43.3%, Worked at home 25.0%, Walked only 13.3%, Other 11.7% and Truck 6.7%. 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 38.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Horton, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.1% provided care for children and 18.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.1% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

View the data quality statements for: Unpaid domestic work (DOMP) Unpaid child care (CHCAREP) Unpaid assistance (UNCAREP) Voluntary work (VOLWP)

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Upper Horton, 18.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Horton, 46.2% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 20.5% were one parent families.

In Upper Horton, 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Employment status of couple families

In Upper Horton, of couple families with children, 22.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 30.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Upper Horton, 81.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.0% were unoccupied.

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Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Horton, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Upper Horton, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.8% had 2 bedrooms and 39.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

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Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Horton, 48.1% were owned outright, 17.3% were owned with a mortgage and 28.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Horton, of all households, 71.2% were family households, 28.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Upper Horton, 35.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 0.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

Number of motor vehicles

In Upper Horton, 22.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

Internet connection

In Upper Horton, 60.7% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

People characteristics

In Upper Horton, 69.2% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 30.8% were female. The median age was 8 years.

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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.

In Upper Horton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0 persons, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $949.

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

View the data quality statements for: Rent weekly payments (RNTD) Mortgage monthly repayments (MRED) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)