Gladstone Central

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,529 people in Gladstone Central of these 54.7% were male and 45.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Gladstone Central was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.4% of the population.

Of people in Gladstone Central aged 15 years and over, 36.3% were married and 18.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gladstone Central was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Gladstone Central, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gladstone Central was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Gladstone Central 37.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 11.1% were in primary school, 8.2% in secondary school and 9.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gladstone Central were English 25.2%, Australian 21.2%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 6.0% and German 3.4%.

In Gladstone Central, 56.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.5%, Philippines 3.3%, England 3.1%, India 1.6% and Bangladesh 0.7%.

In Gladstone Central, 63.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gladstone Central were Catholic 19.5%, No Religion 16.5%, Anglican 15.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4% and Uniting Church 3.7%.

In Gladstone Central 65.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 2.4%, Filipino 1.1%, Bengali 0.6%, Afrikaans 0.5% and Gujarati 0.5%.

Employment

There were 711 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gladstone Central. Of these 69.3% were employed full time, 18.3% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gladstone Central, 6.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 62.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gladstone Central was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Gladstone Central included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.4%, Professionals 19.3%, Labourers 14.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Managers 10.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.8%, Sales Workers 5.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Gladstone Central, the most common responses for industry of employment included Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 7.6%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 6.2%, Accommodation 5.1%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.9% and School Education 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gladstone Central was $790.

In Gladstone Central, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.1%, Walked only 10.3%, Car, as passenger 8.3%, Bus 1.7% and Ferry 0.9%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gladstone Central, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.4% provided care for children and 6.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.5% 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 Central, 20.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gladstone Central, 36.3% were couple families with children, 44.3% were couple families without children and 18.3% were one parent families.

In Gladstone Central 29.8% of single parents were male and 70.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gladstone Central, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,791 and those without children was $2,634.

Employment status of couple families

In Gladstone Central, of couple families with children, 32.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 18.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gladstone Central, 86.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gladstone Central, 49.9% were separate houses, 14.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 34.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Gladstone Central, of occupied private dwellings 7.9% had 1 bedroom, 44.2% had 2 bedrooms and 29.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gladstone Central, 20.2% were owned outright, 17.1% were owned with a mortgage and 58.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Gladstone Central, of all households, 51.6% were family households, 42.0% were single person households and 6.4% were group households.

In Gladstone Central, 29.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.2% 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 Central, 39.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gladstone Central, there were 39 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 51.3%) were male and 19 (or 48.7%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Central, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,583.

In Gladstone Central, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $5,763.