Goondi Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 503 people in Goondi Hill of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 12.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Goondi Hill was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 39.3% of the population.

Of people in Goondi Hill aged 15 years and over, 31.1% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Goondi Hill was 65 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Goondi Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Goondi Hill was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Goondi Hill 18.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.6% were in primary school, 13.3% in secondary school and 8.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Goondi Hill were Australian 27.9%, English 25.7%, Irish 8.0%, Italian 6.1% and Scottish 4.1%.

In Goondi Hill, 77.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 3.6%, India 3.4%, England 2.2%, Laos 1.2% and New Zealand 1.0%.

In Goondi Hill, 69.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Goondi Hill were Catholic 30.4%, No Religion 17.9%, Anglican 17.7%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Sikhism 2.8%.

In Goondi Hill 80.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 5.6%, Punjabi 1.4%, Greek 1.0%, Maori (New Zealand) 1.0% and Hmong 0.8%.

Employment

There were 151 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Goondi Hill. Of these 50.3% were employed full time, 25.2% were employed part-time and 11.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Goondi Hill, 6.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Goondi Hill was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Goondi Hill included Labourers 21.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.9%, Managers 10.4%, Professionals 10.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0%, Sales Workers 7.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Goondi Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 6.7%, Road Freight Transport 5.2%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.0%, School Education 3.0% and Other Social Assistance Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Goondi Hill was $322.

In Goondi Hill, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 53.4%, Car, as passenger 14.3%, Walked only 9.0% and Bus, taxi, car as driver 2.3%. On the day, 2.2% 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 Goondi Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 14.8% provided care for children and 6.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.4% 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 Goondi Hill, 16.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Goondi Hill, 31.0% were couple families with children, 31.0% were couple families without children and 34.5% were one parent families.

In Goondi Hill 14.8% of single parents were male and 85.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Goondi Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,600.

Employment status of couple families

In Goondi Hill, of couple families with children, 11.3% had both partners employed full-time, 7.5% had both employed part-time and 7.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Goondi Hill, 76.9% were separate houses, 7.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Goondi Hill, of occupied private dwellings 7.8% had 1 bedroom, 37.6% had 2 bedrooms and 34.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Goondi Hill, 26.2% were owned outright, 15.6% were owned with a mortgage and 53.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Goondi Hill, of all households, 57.4% were family households, 36.2% were single person households and 6.4% were group households.

In Goondi Hill, 46.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Goondi Hill, 38.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Goondi Hill, there were 62 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 37.1%) were male and 39 (or 62.9%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Goondi Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $624.

In Goondi Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $434.