East Gosford

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,908 people in East Gosford of these 45.1% were male and 54.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in East Gosford was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 26.0% of the population.

Of people in East Gosford aged 15 years and over, 41.8% were married and 18.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Gosford was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In East Gosford, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Gosford was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In East Gosford 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.9% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 20.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Gosford were English 29.5%, Australian 28.8%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 8.2% and German 2.5%.

In East Gosford, 75.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, New Zealand 1.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.7%, South Africa 0.6% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In East Gosford, 61.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Gosford were Catholic 28.1%, Anglican 22.9%, No Religion 18.2%, Uniting Church 4.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In East Gosford 86.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.8%, Cantonese 0.8%, Korean 0.7%, Mandarin 0.6% and Dutch 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,754 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Gosford. Of these 56.9% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Gosford, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Gosford was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in East Gosford included Professionals 25.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Managers 10.1%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Labourers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in East Gosford, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, School Education 4.9%, Residential Care Services 3.8% and Computer System Design and Related Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Gosford was $517.

In East Gosford, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.2%, Train 6.0%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Walked only 3.0% and Train, bus 2.1%. On the day, 14.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Gosford, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.4% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.3% 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 East Gosford, 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Gosford, 33.3% were couple families with children, 44.8% were couple families without children and 20.2% were one parent families.

In East Gosford 14.7% of single parents were male and 85.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Gosford, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,141 and those without children was $1,982.

Employment status of couple families

In East Gosford, of couple families with children, 18.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 19.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Gosford, 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Gosford, 42.3% were separate houses, 39.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 17.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In East Gosford, of occupied private dwellings 7.4% had 1 bedroom, 28.3% had 2 bedrooms and 46.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Gosford, 32.0% were owned outright, 25.3% were owned with a mortgage and 38.7% were rented.

Household composition

In East Gosford, of all households, 56.3% were family households, 41.4% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In East Gosford, 36.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.5% 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 East Gosford, 44.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Gosford, there were 74 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 31 (or 41.9%) were male and 43 (or 58.1%) were female. The median age was 22 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 East Gosford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,333.

In East Gosford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $290 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,896.