California Gully

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,263 people in California Gully of these 46.7% were male and 53.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in California Gully was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.6% of the population.

Of people in California Gully aged 15 years and over, 39.2% were married and 15.4% were either divorced or separated.

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

In California Gully, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in California Gully was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In California Gully 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.4% were in primary school, 21.7% in secondary school and 13.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in California Gully were Australian 35.2%, English 33.4%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 6.9% and German 3.1%.

In California Gully, 90.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.6%, New Zealand 0.7%, Scotland 0.3%, Germany 0.2% and Northern Ireland 0.2%.

In California Gully, 85.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in California Gully were No Religion 27.2%, Catholic 21.4%, Anglican 19.6%, Uniting Church 8.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In California Gully 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Auslan 0.4%, Cantonese 0.1%, German 0.1%, Dutch 0.1% and Spanish 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,753 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in California Gully. Of these 52.9% were employed full time, 32.0% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in California Gully, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in California Gully was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in California Gully included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.9%, Labourers 17.7%, Professionals 12.2%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.1% and Managers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in California Gully, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.6%, School Education 3.9% and Residential Care Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in California Gully was $422.

In California Gully, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.4%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Bus 2.3%, Walked only 1.4% and Truck 0.7%. On the day, 3.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In California Gully, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.7% 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 California Gully, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in California Gully, 35.5% were couple families with children, 33.2% were couple families without children and 29.2% were one parent families.

In California Gully 10.8% of single parents were male and 89.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In California Gully, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,634 and those without children was $1,482.

Employment status of couple families

In California Gully, of couple families with children, 16.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 19.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In California Gully, 89.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in California Gully, 92.8% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In California Gully, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 16.4% had 2 bedrooms and 62.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in California Gully, 30.7% were owned outright, 34.3% were owned with a mortgage and 30.8% were rented.

Household composition

In California Gully, of all households, 66.9% were family households, 30.2% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In California Gully, 37.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.2% 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 California Gully, 39.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In California Gully, there were 105 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 57 (or 54.3%) were male and 48 (or 45.7%) 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 California Gully, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $749.

In California Gully, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,170.