Gwynneville

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,837 people in Gwynneville of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Gwynneville was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.7% of the population.

Of people in Gwynneville aged 15 years and over, 37.1% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gwynneville was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Gwynneville, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gwynneville was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Gwynneville 47.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.3% were in primary school, 8.7% in secondary school and 59.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gwynneville were Australian 20.6%, English 20.4%, Chinese 8.3%, Irish 7.2% and Scottish 6.7%.

In Gwynneville, 56.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 9.0%, Indonesia 3.6%, Malaysia 2.4%, England 2.3% and Sri Lanka 1.5%.

In Gwynneville, 41.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 47.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gwynneville were No Religion 25.0%, Catholic 22.6%, Anglican 12.7%, Islam 10.0% and Eastern Orthodox 6.2%.

In Gwynneville 60.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 7.0%, Indonesian 3.3%, Arabic 2.7%, Malay 2.2% and Serbian 1.9%.

Employment

There were 1,201 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gwynneville. Of these 45.0% were employed full time, 36.1% were employed part-time and 13.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gwynneville, 17.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gwynneville was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The most common occupations in Gwynneville included Professionals 28.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Labourers 9.3%, Managers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Gwynneville, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 9.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 8.2%, School Education 5.6%, Hospitals 4.1% and Basic Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gwynneville was $365.

In Gwynneville, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.6%, Walked only 9.8%, Car, as passenger 8.6%, Bus 6.3% and Train 2.6%. On the day, 10.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gwynneville, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.3% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.3% 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 Gwynneville, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gwynneville, 42.4% were couple families with children, 36.2% were couple families without children and 17.7% were one parent families.

In Gwynneville 15.3% of single parents were male and 84.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gwynneville, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,416 and those without children was $2,029.

Employment status of couple families

In Gwynneville, of couple families with children, 13.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 17.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gwynneville, 92.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gwynneville, 55.9% were separate houses, 12.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 31.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Gwynneville, of occupied private dwellings 9.5% had 1 bedroom, 34.7% had 2 bedrooms and 35.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gwynneville, 27.7% were owned outright, 18.9% were owned with a mortgage and 49.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Gwynneville, of all households, 57.0% were family households, 30.7% were single person households and 12.4% were group households.

In Gwynneville, 40.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.5% 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 Gwynneville, 42.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gwynneville, there were 39 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 51.3%) were male and 19 (or 48.7%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Gwynneville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Gwynneville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.