Guyra

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,919 people in Guyra of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Guyra was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.6% of the population.

Of people in Guyra aged 15 years and over, 48.2% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Guyra was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Guyra, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Guyra was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Guyra 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 21.8% in secondary school and 12.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Guyra were Australian 37.0%, English 33.2%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 7.2% and German 3.6%.

In Guyra, 87.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.4%, New Zealand 1.3%, United States of America 0.4%, Sri Lanka 0.3% and Austria 0.2%.

In Guyra, 89.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Guyra were Anglican 35.6%, Catholic 25.3%, No Religion 11.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 8.0% and Uniting Church 3.3%.

In Guyra 93.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Sinhalese 0.4%, Maltese 0.2% and Indonesian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 840 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Guyra. Of these 55.7% were employed full time, 30.7% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Guyra, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Guyra was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Guyra included Managers 19.8%, Labourers 18.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Professionals 9.1%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Guyra, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 16.2%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 5.8%, Local Government Administration 3.8%, School Education 3.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Guyra was $432.

In Guyra, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.1%, Car, as passenger 8.4%, Walked only 4.7%, Truck 1.9% and Truck, motorbike/scooter 0.6%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Guyra, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.0% provided care for children and 13.0% 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 Guyra, 21.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Guyra, 38.8% were couple families with children, 44.1% were couple families without children and 16.3% were one parent families.

In Guyra 14.1% of single parents were male and 85.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Guyra, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,414 and those without children was $1,287.

Employment status of couple families

In Guyra, of couple families with children, 19.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Guyra, 88.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Guyra, 92.5% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Guyra, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 17.1% had 2 bedrooms and 50.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Guyra, 42.9% were owned outright, 30.0% were owned with a mortgage and 23.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Guyra, of all households, 68.3% were family households, 29.1% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Guyra, 34.5% 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.

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 Guyra, 30.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Guyra, there were 121 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 57 (or 47.1%) were male and 64 (or 52.9%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Guyra, 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 $880.

In Guyra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.