Giru

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 627 people in Giru of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Giru was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.7% of the population.

Of people in Giru aged 15 years and over, 55.9% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Giru was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Giru, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Giru was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Giru 25.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.3% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 7.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Giru were Australian 30.5%, English 28.1%, Italian 10.5%, Scottish 7.8% and Irish 6.4%.

In Giru, 86.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 4.0%, England 2.1%, Germany 1.3%, Malta 0.5% and New Zealand 0.5%.

In Giru, 75.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Giru were Catholic 33.6%, Anglican 18.2%, No Religion 17.6%, Uniting Church 10.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Giru 87.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 6.2%, Greek 1.4%, Spanish 0.6% and Maltese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 326 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Giru. Of these 64.7% were employed full time, 23.3% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Giru, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Giru was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Giru included Managers 23.5%, Labourers 21.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.4%, Professionals 6.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.4% and Sales Workers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in Giru, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 17.7%, Other Crop Growing 12.6%, Road Freight Transport 5.5%, School Education 3.9% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Giru was $548.

In Giru, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.5%, Walked only 13.6%, Truck 4.2%, Car, as passenger 3.2% and Bicycle 2.9%. On the day, 2.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Giru, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.3% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.1% 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 Giru, 22.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Giru, 42.5% were couple families with children, 44.8% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In Giru 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Giru, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,795 and those without children was $1,208.

Employment status of couple families

In Giru, of couple families with children, 20.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 22.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Giru, 82.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Giru, 83.7% were separate houses, 11.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 2.8% were other dwellings.

In Giru, of occupied private dwellings 6.0% had 1 bedroom, 19.8% had 2 bedrooms and 53.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Giru, 45.5% were owned outright, 33.6% were owned with a mortgage and 18.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Giru, of all households, 69.8% were family households, 28.2% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Giru, 29.6% 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.

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 Giru, 34.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Giru, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 50.0%) were male and 7 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 58 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 Giru, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $820.

In Giru, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $99 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.