Gilgai

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 704 people in Gilgai of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Gilgai was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.7% of the population.

Of people in Gilgai aged 15 years and over, 51.2% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gilgai was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Gilgai, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gilgai was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Gilgai 30.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.0% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 12.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gilgai were Australian 41.4%, English 28.1%, Irish 5.7%, Scottish 5.2% and German 4.6%.

In Gilgai, 85.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, Wales 1.4%, Denmark 0.4%, Germany 0.4% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 0.4%.

In Gilgai, 84.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gilgai were Anglican 36.8%, No Religion 17.0%, Catholic 15.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.2% and Uniting Church 3.3%.

In Gilgai 93.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Afrikaans 0.4%.

Employment

There were 298 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gilgai. Of these 53.0% were employed full time, 30.2% were employed part-time and 11.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gilgai, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gilgai was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Gilgai included Labourers 20.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.8%, Managers 13.7%, Professionals 11.1%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Gilgai, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 5.5%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.1%, School Education 4.0% and Specialised Food Retailing 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gilgai was $375.

In Gilgai, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.9%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Truck 3.3%, Walked only 3.0% and Motorbike/scooter 1.9%. On the day, 3.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gilgai, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.0% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.6% 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 Gilgai, 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gilgai, 39.7% were couple families with children, 41.2% were couple families without children and 17.2% were one parent families.

In Gilgai 28.9% of single parents were male and 71.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gilgai, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $1,152.

Employment status of couple families

In Gilgai, of couple families with children, 10.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 23.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gilgai, 89.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gilgai, 98.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

In Gilgai, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 20.4% had 2 bedrooms and 40.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gilgai, 45.6% were owned outright, 36.5% were owned with a mortgage and 13.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Gilgai, of all households, 79.2% were family households, 18.0% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Gilgai, 34.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.3% 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 Gilgai, 28.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gilgai, there were 46 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 25 (or 54.3%) were male and 21 (or 45.7%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Gilgai, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Gilgai, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,400.