North Geelong

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,396 people in North Geelong of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in North Geelong was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.4% of the population.

Of people in North Geelong aged 15 years and over, 40.6% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Geelong was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In North Geelong, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Geelong was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In North Geelong 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.0% were in primary school, 13.4% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Geelong were Australian 22.1%, English 21.6%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 7.4% and Italian 4.3%.

In North Geelong, 66.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Croatia 3.5%, England 2.6%, Italy 2.4%, Germany 1.7% and Netherlands 1.5%.

In North Geelong, 52.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Geelong were Catholic 37.5%, No Religion 22.2%, Anglican 9.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0% and Uniting Church 3.4%.

In North Geelong 71.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Croatian 4.1%, Italian 3.8%, Polish 1.5%, Dutch 1.0% and Macedonian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 1,073 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Geelong. Of these 56.4% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 7.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Geelong, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Geelong was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in North Geelong included Professionals 20.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Labourers 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.3%, Managers 9.0% and Sales Workers 9.0%.

Of the employed people in North Geelong, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, School Education 4.1%, Hospitals 3.7%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 2.7% and Tertiary Education 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Geelong was $445.

In North Geelong, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.0%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Train 4.4%, Walked only 3.2% and Bus 2.4%. On the day, 9.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Geelong, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.9% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.2% 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 North Geelong, 22.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Geelong, 33.6% were couple families with children, 42.2% were couple families without children and 21.6% were one parent families.

In North Geelong 17.1% of single parents were male and 82.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Geelong, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,171 and those without children was $1,676.

Employment status of couple families

In North Geelong, of couple families with children, 16.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 22.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Geelong, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Geelong, 74.6% were separate houses, 15.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North Geelong, of occupied private dwellings 5.4% had 1 bedroom, 28.4% had 2 bedrooms and 51.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Geelong, 36.3% were owned outright, 27.2% were owned with a mortgage and 32.1% were rented.

Household composition

In North Geelong, of all households, 59.7% were family households, 34.7% were single person households and 5.5% were group households.

In North Geelong, 33.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 North Geelong, 43.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Geelong, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 52.6%) were male and 9 (or 47.4%) were female. The median age was 26 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 North Geelong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In North Geelong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $265 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.