Gillieston Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,372 people in Gillieston Heights of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Gillieston Heights was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.3% of the population.

Of people in Gillieston Heights aged 15 years and over, 49.7% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gillieston Heights was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Gillieston Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gillieston Heights was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Gillieston Heights 26.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.4% were in primary school, 22.8% in secondary school and 22.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gillieston Heights were English 35.3%, Australian 33.3%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 6.7% and German 3.3%.

In Gillieston Heights, 88.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 1.0%, South Africa 0.8%, Germany 0.6% and Japan 0.4%.

In Gillieston Heights, 79.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gillieston Heights were Anglican 31.7%, Catholic 28.8%, No Religion 15.3%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In Gillieston Heights 95.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 0.4%, Punjabi 0.4% and Japanese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 652 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gillieston Heights. Of these 61.3% were employed full time, 24.5% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gillieston Heights, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gillieston Heights was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Gillieston Heights included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Professionals 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.0%, Labourers 11.9%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Managers 10.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%.

Of the employed people in Gillieston Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.3%, Coal Mining 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.6% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gillieston Heights was $536.

In Gillieston Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.2%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Walked only 1.3%, Truck 1.1% and Bus 1.0%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gillieston Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.7% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.7% 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 Gillieston Heights, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gillieston Heights, 40.9% were couple families with children, 41.7% were couple families without children and 15.9% were one parent families.

In Gillieston Heights 26.6% of single parents were male and 73.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gillieston Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,299 and those without children was $1,874.

Employment status of couple families

In Gillieston Heights, of couple families with children, 20.6% had both partners employed full-time, 1.5% had both employed part-time and 16.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gillieston Heights, 94.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gillieston Heights, 87.1% were separate houses, 10.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.8% were other dwellings.

In Gillieston Heights, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 20.2% had 2 bedrooms and 34.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gillieston Heights, 39.9% were owned outright, 35.9% were owned with a mortgage and 19.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Gillieston Heights, of all households, 72.3% were family households, 25.0% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Gillieston Heights, 26.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.2% 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 Gillieston Heights, 35.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gillieston Heights, there were 45 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 25 (or 55.6%) were male and 20 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Gillieston Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,625.

In Gillieston Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $360 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,417.