Garfield North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 219 people in Garfield North of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Garfield North was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.3% of the population.

Of people in Garfield North aged 15 years and over, 50.0% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Garfield North was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Garfield North, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Garfield North was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Garfield North 32.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.6% were in primary school, 30.6% in secondary school and 20.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Garfield North were English 31.4%, Australian 29.1%, Irish 8.4%, German 6.5% and Dutch 5.8%.

In Garfield North, 88.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, Netherlands 1.8%, Canada 1.4%, Germany 1.4% and Kenya 1.4%.

In Garfield North, 65.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Garfield North were Anglican 28.4%, No Religion 26.6%, Catholic 25.2%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.8%.

In Garfield North 96.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.8% and German 1.4%.

Employment

There were 123 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Garfield North. Of these 59.3% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Garfield North, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Garfield North was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Garfield North included Managers 15.6%, Professionals 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.3%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.7%, Labourers 9.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Garfield North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6%, Residential Building Construction 4.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.0%, Motor Vehicle Retailing 3.2% and Veterinary Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Garfield North was $666.

In Garfield North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.1%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Truck 3.3%, Other 3.3% and Walked only 3.3%. 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 68.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Garfield North, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.8% provided care for children and 16.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.9% 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 Garfield North, 30.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Garfield North, 51.7% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 15.0% were one parent families.

In Garfield North 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Garfield North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,166 and those without children was $1,963.

Employment status of couple families

In Garfield North, of couple families with children, 28.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 32.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Garfield North, 86.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Garfield North, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Garfield North, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.0% had 2 bedrooms and 38.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Garfield North, 45.9% were owned outright, 48.6% were owned with a mortgage and 5.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Garfield North, of all households, 81.6% were family households, 18.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Garfield North, 14.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.0% 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 Garfield North, 21.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Garfield North, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Garfield North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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