Glenreagh

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 862 people in Glenreagh of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Glenreagh was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.7% of the population.

Of people in Glenreagh aged 15 years and over, 48.5% were married and 16.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glenreagh was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Glenreagh, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glenreagh was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Glenreagh 32.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.1% were in primary school, 29.1% in secondary school and 11.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glenreagh were Australian 36.3%, English 31.5%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 8.6% and German 2.3%.

In Glenreagh, 87.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, Netherlands 0.7%, New Zealand 0.7%, Germany 0.6% and Philippines 0.6%.

In Glenreagh, 76.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glenreagh were No Religion 27.0%, Anglican 24.8%, Catholic 18.7%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Baptist 4.2%.

In Glenreagh 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.6%, German 0.5%, Filipino 0.5%, Burmese 0.3% and Vietnamese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 317 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glenreagh. Of these 51.4% were employed full time, 34.7% were employed part-time and 10.4% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Glenreagh, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glenreagh was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Glenreagh included Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Labourers 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Managers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9% and Professionals 9.5%.

Of the employed people in Glenreagh, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.6%, School Education 4.2%, Other Social Assistance Services 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5% and Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 2.8%.

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

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In Glenreagh, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.6%, Car, as passenger 7.7%, Truck 3.8%, Walked only 2.8% and Motorbike/scooter 1.0%. 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 72.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glenreagh, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% provided care for children and 14.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.9% 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 Glenreagh, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glenreagh, 42.1% were couple families with children, 39.6% were couple families without children and 16.6% were one parent families.

In Glenreagh 24.4% of single parents were male and 75.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glenreagh, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,083.

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Employment status of couple families

In Glenreagh, of couple families with children, 11.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 16.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glenreagh, 88.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glenreagh, 94.6% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.3% were other dwellings.

In Glenreagh, of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 16.1% had 2 bedrooms and 47.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glenreagh, 36.4% were owned outright, 42.1% were owned with a mortgage and 16.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Glenreagh, of all households, 76.5% were family households, 19.8% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Glenreagh, 39.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.9% 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 Glenreagh, 38.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glenreagh, there were 58 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 31 (or 53.4%) were male and 27 (or 46.6%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Glenreagh, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $824.

In Glenreagh, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,687.