Old Guildford

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,596 people in Old Guildford of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Old Guildford was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.0% of the population.

Of people in Old Guildford aged 15 years and over, 51.8% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Old Guildford was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Old Guildford, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Old Guildford was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Old Guildford 35.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.7% were in primary school, 22.2% in secondary school and 19.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Old Guildford were Lebanese 31.2%, Australian 11.4%, English 8.8%, Chinese 5.5% and Syrian 2.7%.

In Old Guildford, 55.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Lebanon 12.9%, Vietnam 2.7%, Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 1.8%, Iraq 1.8% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.7%.

In Old Guildford, 16.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 69.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Old Guildford were Islam 39.4%, Catholic 25.9%, Anglican 6.0%, Buddhism 5.6% and No Religion 4.7%.

In Old Guildford 26.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 44.6%, Cantonese 3.2%, Vietnamese 2.7%, Karen 2.0% and Mandarin 1.6%.

Employment

There were 902 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Old Guildford. Of these 55.7% were employed full time, 25.3% were employed part-time and 10.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Old Guildford, 8.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Old Guildford was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Old Guildford included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Labourers 12.9%, Professionals 12.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.9%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Managers 8.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%.

Of the employed people in Old Guildford, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Road Freight Transport 4.1%, Building Completion Services 3.2%, Residential Building Construction 3.1% and School Education 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Old Guildford was $366.

In Old Guildford, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.6%, Train 10.7%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Truck 2.4% and Walked only 1.2%. On the day, 14.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Old Guildford, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.6% provided care for children and 15.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 6.3% 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 Old Guildford, 15.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Old Guildford, 58.5% were couple families with children, 21.8% were couple families without children and 18.2% were one parent families.

In Old Guildford 9.3% of single parents were male and 90.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Old Guildford, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,866 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Old Guildford, of couple families with children, 10.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 10.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Old Guildford, 97.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Old Guildford, 85.9% were separate houses, 12.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Old Guildford, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 12.7% had 2 bedrooms and 49.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Old Guildford, 31.7% were owned outright, 34.6% were owned with a mortgage and 30.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Old Guildford, of all households, 86.6% were family households, 11.4% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Old Guildford, 23.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.8% 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 Old Guildford, 35.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Old Guildford, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 31.8%) were male and 15 (or 68.2%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Old Guildford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,166.

In Old Guildford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $320 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.