Gresford

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 305 people in Gresford of these 54.4% were male and 45.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Gresford was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.6% of the population.

Of people in Gresford aged 15 years and over, 63.1% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gresford was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In Gresford, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gresford was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Gresford 24.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.8% were in primary school, 19.7% in secondary school and 11.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gresford were Australian 35.8%, English 34.3%, Irish 10.4%, Scottish 6.1% and German 2.3%.

In Gresford, 86.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was England 2.6%.

In Gresford, 87.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gresford were Anglican 42.0%, No Religion 17.7%, Catholic 12.5%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Christian, nfd 2.6%.

In Gresford 90.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 144 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gresford. Of these 60.4% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Gresford, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gresford was 53 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Gresford included Managers 31.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Labourers 12.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.3%, Professionals 9.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.2%, Sales Workers 7.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Gresford, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 18.3%, Coal Mining 9.9%, Real Estate Services 4.2%, School Education 4.2% and Dairy Cattle Farming 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gresford was $493.

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In Gresford, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 63.6% and Walked only 4.3%. 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 60.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gresford, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.1% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.9% 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 Gresford, 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gresford, 35.6% were couple families with children, 53.3% were couple families without children and 11.1% were one parent families.

In Gresford 38.5% of single parents were male and 61.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gresford, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,458 and those without children was $1,650.

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Employment status of couple families

In Gresford, of couple families with children, 13.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 27.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gresford, 77.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gresford, 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 Gresford, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 16.5% had 2 bedrooms and 48.7% 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 Gresford, 52.6% were owned outright, 27.6% were owned with a mortgage and 14.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Gresford, of all households, 75.2% were family households, 24.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Gresford, 20.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.0% 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 Gresford, 16.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gresford, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Gresford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Gresford, 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.