Grose Wold

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 632 people in Grose Wold of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Grose Wold was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.6% of the population.

Of people in Grose Wold aged 15 years and over, 64.0% were married and 7.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Grose Wold was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Grose Wold, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Grose Wold was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 57 years.

In Grose Wold 36.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.3% were in primary school, 27.2% in secondary school and 14.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Grose Wold were Australian 29.9%, English 29.5%, Irish 9.0%, Maltese 5.5% and Scottish 5.3%.

In Grose Wold, 81.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.1%, New Zealand 1.4%, Netherlands 0.9%, Malta 0.8% and Germany 0.6%.

In Grose Wold, 68.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Grose Wold were Catholic 32.4%, Anglican 26.1%, No Religion 10.6%, Uniting Church 6.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Grose Wold 88.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Maltese 1.6%, German 0.6%, Hungarian 0.6% and Tagalog 0.6%.

Employment

There were 313 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Grose Wold. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 32.9% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Grose Wold, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Grose Wold was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Grose Wold included Professionals 18.4%, Managers 17.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Sales Workers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Labourers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Grose Wold, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.6%, Residential Building Construction 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Specialised Food Retailing 3.3% and Building Installation Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Grose Wold was $653.

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In Grose Wold, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.1%, Car, as passenger 3.0%, Truck 2.7%, Car as driver, car as passenger 1.3% and Train 1.0%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Grose Wold, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.9% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.2% 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 Grose Wold, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Grose Wold, 57.6% were couple families with children, 33.7% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Grose Wold, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,536 and those without children was $3,028.

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Employment status of couple families

In Grose Wold, of couple families with children, 21.5% had both partners employed full-time, 7.0% had both employed part-time and 25.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Grose Wold, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grose Wold, 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 Grose Wold, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 8.4% had 2 bedrooms and 24.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grose Wold, 37.4% were owned outright, 46.9% were owned with a mortgage and 15.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Grose Wold, of all households, 89.9% were family households, 10.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Grose Wold, 9.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.1% 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 Grose Wold, 10.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 44.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Grose Wold, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Grose Wold, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,562.

In Grose Wold, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,250.