Guys Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 375 people in Guys Hill of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Guys Hill was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.8% of the population.

Of people in Guys Hill aged 15 years and over, 56.0% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Guys Hill was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Guys Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.3% 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 Guys Hill was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Guys Hill 37.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.7% were in primary school, 27.0% in secondary school and 17.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Guys Hill were English 30.9%, Australian 30.3%, Scottish 6.6%, Irish 6.4% and Dutch 4.6%.

In Guys Hill, 79.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.9%, New Zealand 2.1%, Philippines 1.1%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8% and Croatia 0.8%.

In Guys Hill, 57.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Guys Hill were Catholic 28.5%, No Religion 26.3%, Anglican 18.1%, Baptist 4.3% and Christian, nfd 3.5%.

In Guys Hill 90.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Greek 2.1%, Tagalog 1.3%, Bosnian 1.1% and Turkish 1.1%.

Employment

There were 209 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Guys Hill. Of these 51.7% were employed full time, 36.8% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Guys Hill, 18.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Guys Hill was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Guys Hill included Professionals 24.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 21.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.0%, Managers 13.5%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.5%, Labourers 5.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Guys Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, Building Installation Services 5.5%, Hospitals 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0% and Automotive Repair and Maintenance 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Guys Hill was $811.

In Guys Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.3%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Truck 2.0%, Train, car as driver 2.0% and Train 1.5%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Guys Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.0% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.2% 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 Guys Hill, 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Guys Hill, 66.0% were couple families with children, 29.9% were couple families without children and 4.1% were one parent families.

In Guys Hill 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Guys Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $2,374.

Employment status of couple families

In Guys Hill, of couple families with children, 22.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 33.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Guys Hill, 95.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Guys Hill, 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 Guys Hill, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 11.9% had 2 bedrooms and 33.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Guys Hill, 39.0% were owned outright, 49.2% were owned with a mortgage and 9.3% were rented.

Household composition

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

In Guys Hill, 16.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.6% 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 Guys Hill, 12.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Guys Hill, 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 Guys Hill, 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 Guys Hill, 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.