Gladstone Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,329 people in Gladstone Park of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Gladstone Park was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.4% of the population.

Of people in Gladstone Park aged 15 years and over, 52.0% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gladstone Park was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Gladstone Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gladstone Park was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Gladstone Park 25.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.3% were in primary school, 24.7% in secondary school and 20.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gladstone Park were Australian 18.3%, English 16.5%, Italian 10.9%, Irish 6.1% and Greek 4.2%.

In Gladstone Park, 60.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 4.1%, India 2.5%, England 2.0%, Lebanon 2.0% and Egypt 2.0%.

In Gladstone Park, 35.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 53.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gladstone Park were Catholic 43.1%, No Religion 12.5%, Anglican 8.8%, Eastern Orthodox 7.8% and Islam 4.8%.

In Gladstone Park 60.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 6.9%, Arabic 6.8%, Greek 4.1%, Turkish 2.5% and Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 1.5%.

Employment

There were 3,998 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gladstone Park. Of these 61.3% were employed full time, 26.6% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gladstone Park, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gladstone Park was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Gladstone Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Professionals 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Managers 9.8%, Labourers 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.5%.

Of the employed people in Gladstone Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.1%, School Education 3.6%, Road Freight Transport 3.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.5% and Building Completion Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gladstone Park was $486.

In Gladstone Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.6%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Train, car as driver 2.1%, Train 2.0% and Walked only 1.0%. On the day, 8.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gladstone Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.3% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.1% 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 Gladstone Park, 21.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gladstone Park, 44.6% were couple families with children, 34.6% were couple families without children and 18.9% were one parent families.

In Gladstone Park 20.3% of single parents were male and 79.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gladstone Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,105 and those without children was $1,904.

Employment status of couple families

In Gladstone Park, of couple families with children, 17.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 16.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gladstone Park, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gladstone Park, 98.5% were separate houses, 0.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Gladstone Park, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 2.6% had 2 bedrooms and 63.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gladstone Park, 47.5% were owned outright, 31.7% were owned with a mortgage and 17.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Gladstone Park, of all households, 78.3% were family households, 19.6% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Gladstone Park, 23.6% 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 Gladstone Park, 32.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gladstone Park, there were 33 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 36.4%) were male and 21 (or 63.6%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Gladstone Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $677.

In Gladstone Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,550.