Gulargambone

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 582 people in Gulargambone of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 32.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Gulargambone was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.2% of the population.

Of people in Gulargambone aged 15 years and over, 44.1% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gulargambone was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Gulargambone, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gulargambone was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Gulargambone 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.0% were in primary school, 35.3% in secondary school and 9.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gulargambone were Australian 43.6%, English 26.8%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 6.8% and German 2.9%.

In Gulargambone, 93.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.4% and New Zealand 0.7%.

In Gulargambone, 93.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gulargambone were Anglican 35.3%, Catholic 18.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 13.6%, No Religion 13.4% and Uniting Church 3.4%.

In Gulargambone 95.9% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 209 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gulargambone. Of these 58.4% were employed full time, 28.7% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gulargambone, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gulargambone was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Gulargambone included Managers 41.4%, Labourers 15.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Professionals 6.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.7% and Sales Workers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Gulargambone, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 43.7%, School Education 7.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.6% and Other Social Assistance Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gulargambone was $367.

In Gulargambone, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 42.1%, Walked only 14.7%, Car, as passenger 7.4% and Other 6.3%. 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 47.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gulargambone, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.9% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.7% 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 Gulargambone, 22.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gulargambone, 28.5% were couple families with children, 41.2% were couple families without children and 27.3% were one parent families.

In Gulargambone 26.8% of single parents were male and 73.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gulargambone, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Gulargambone, of couple families with children, 14.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 15.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gulargambone, 75.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gulargambone, 91.4% were separate houses, 2.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.4% were flats, units or apartments and 2.6% were other dwellings.

In Gulargambone, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 17.6% had 2 bedrooms and 46.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gulargambone, 46.6% were owned outright, 10.3% were owned with a mortgage and 40.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Gulargambone, of all households, 68.8% were family households, 27.7% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Gulargambone, 43.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.6% 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 Gulargambone, 34.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gulargambone, there were 185 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 89 (or 48.1%) were male and 96 (or 51.9%) 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 Gulargambone, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $609.

In Gulargambone, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $658.