Gateshead

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,574 people in Gateshead of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Gateshead was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.1% of the population.

Of people in Gateshead aged 15 years and over, 38.9% were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gateshead was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Gateshead, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gateshead was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Gateshead 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.3% were in primary school, 22.7% in secondary school and 13.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gateshead were Australian 35.3%, English 31.4%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 7.8% and German 2.5%.

In Gateshead, 87.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.6%, New Zealand 1.1%, Scotland 0.4%, Philippines 0.4% and Germany 0.4%.

In Gateshead, 79.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gateshead were Anglican 27.4%, Catholic 23.1%, No Religion 22.8%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Gateshead 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 0.5%, Italian 0.3%, Macedonian 0.3%, Cantonese 0.3% and Tongan 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,386 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gateshead. Of these 53.0% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 10.2% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Gateshead, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gateshead was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Gateshead included Labourers 17.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Sales Workers 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.0%, Professionals 9.3% and Managers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Gateshead, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.6%, Residential Care Services 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Hospitals 3.7% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gateshead was $393.

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In Gateshead, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.0%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Bus 2.7%, Truck 2.2% and Walked only 2.1%. On the day, 3.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gateshead, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.7% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.8% 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 Gateshead, 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gateshead, 37.3% were couple families with children, 30.7% were couple families without children and 30.2% were one parent families.

In Gateshead 13.3% of single parents were male and 86.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gateshead, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,804 and those without children was $1,455.

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Employment status of couple families

In Gateshead, of couple families with children, 13.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 19.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gateshead, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gateshead, 89.4% were separate houses, 6.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Gateshead, of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 15.0% had 2 bedrooms and 56.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gateshead, 27.6% were owned outright, 27.8% were owned with a mortgage and 41.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Gateshead, of all households, 70.6% were family households, 26.6% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Gateshead, 36.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Gateshead, 41.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gateshead, there were 213 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 95 (or 44.6%) were male and 118 (or 55.4%) 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 Gateshead, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $745.

In Gateshead, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $165 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,400.