Goughs Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 382 people in Goughs Bay of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Goughs Bay was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.7% of the population.

Of people in Goughs Bay aged 15 years and over, 58.6% were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Goughs Bay was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Goughs Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Goughs Bay was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Goughs Bay 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.3% were in primary school, 23.6% in secondary school and 10.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Goughs Bay were English 28.5%, Australian 27.5%, Irish 8.2%, German 5.5% and Scottish 5.3%.

In Goughs Bay, 70.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.0%, New Zealand 1.3%, Austria 1.0%, Egypt 1.0% and South Africa 1.0%.

In Goughs Bay, 65.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Goughs Bay were No Religion 34.5%, Catholic 17.5%, Anglican 15.9%, Uniting Church 5.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Goughs Bay 81.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 2.6%, Greek 1.0%, Slovak 1.0%, Spanish 0.8% and Italian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 149 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Goughs Bay. Of these 53.0% were employed full time, 34.2% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Goughs Bay, 14.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Goughs Bay was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Goughs Bay included Managers 24.5%, Professionals 14.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Sales Workers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.4%, Labourers 6.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Goughs Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 9.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.0%, Building Installation Services 4.8%, School Education 4.8% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Goughs Bay was $381.

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In Goughs Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.7%, Car, as passenger 2.8%, Bus 2.1%, Truck 2.1% and Bus, car as driver 2.1%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Goughs Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.0% provided care for children and 15.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.2% 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 Goughs Bay, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Goughs Bay, 39.0% were couple families with children, 47.0% were couple families without children and 14.0% were one parent families.

In Goughs Bay 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Goughs Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,474 and those without children was $2,083.

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Employment status of couple families

In Goughs Bay, of couple families with children, 17.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 12.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Goughs Bay, 35.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 64.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Goughs Bay, 96.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.7% were other dwellings.

In Goughs Bay, of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 19.9% had 2 bedrooms and 47.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Goughs Bay, 48.9% were owned outright, 35.6% were owned with a mortgage and 11.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Goughs Bay, of all households, 71.1% were family households, 26.7% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Goughs Bay, 41.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.5% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Goughs Bay, 36.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Goughs Bay, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Goughs Bay, 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 Goughs Bay, 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.