Gilgooma

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 176 people in Gilgooma of these 57.4% were male and 42.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Gilgooma was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.8% of the population.

Of people in Gilgooma aged 15 years and over, 70.2% were married and 2.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gilgooma was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Gilgooma, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gilgooma was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Gilgooma 20.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 50.0% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 8.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gilgooma were Australian 34.0%, English 31.5%, Irish 13.6%, Scottish 10.6% and German 6.4%.

In Gilgooma, 96.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Scotland 2.3% and Germany 1.7%.

In Gilgooma, 90.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gilgooma were Anglican 33.1%, Catholic 26.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 13.1%, Uniting Church 12.6% and No Religion 6.3%.

In Gilgooma 98.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 1.7%.

Employment

There were 117 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gilgooma. Of these 76.9% were employed full time, 13.7% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gilgooma, 4.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 73.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gilgooma was 54 years and for people who were employed part-time was 68 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Gilgooma were Managers 63.4%, Labourers 12.5%, Professionals 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Gilgooma, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 69.6%, School Education 8.9%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 3.6%, Specialised Food Retailing 3.6% and Road Freight Transport 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gilgooma was $562.

In Gilgooma, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 32.5%, Other 9.6%, Walked only 6.1%, Car, as passenger 3.5% and Motorbike/scooter 2.6%. 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 35.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gilgooma, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.2% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.1% 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 Gilgooma, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gilgooma, 31.6% were couple families with children, 68.4% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Gilgooma 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gilgooma, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,957 and those without children was $2,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Gilgooma, of couple families with children, 44.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% 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 Gilgooma, 67.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 32.7% were unoccupied.

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

In Gilgooma, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.1% had 2 bedrooms and 40.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gilgooma, 49.3% were owned outright, 18.7% were owned with a mortgage and 28.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Gilgooma, of all households, 75.3% were family households, 24.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Gilgooma, 29.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.1% 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 Gilgooma, 26.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 44.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gilgooma, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 36.4%) were male and 7 (or 63.6%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Gilgooma, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,033.

In Gilgooma, 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.