Gowrie Mountain

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 256 people in Gowrie Mountain of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Gowrie Mountain was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.0% of the population.

Of people in Gowrie Mountain aged 15 years and over, 59.3% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gowrie Mountain was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Gowrie Mountain, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gowrie Mountain was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Gowrie Mountain 33.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.2% were in primary school, 29.4% in secondary school and 17.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gowrie Mountain were Australian 31.6%, English 27.1%, Irish 10.1%, German 7.0% and Scottish 6.4%.

In Gowrie Mountain, 83.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, Lebanon 1.6%, Malaysia 1.6%, France 1.2% and New Zealand 1.2%.

In Gowrie Mountain, 76.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gowrie Mountain were Catholic 33.1%, No Religion 16.3%, Anglican 15.2%, Lutheran 5.8% and Uniting Church 5.8%.

In Gowrie Mountain 91.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Thai 1.6%.

Employment

There were 124 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gowrie Mountain. Of these 65.3% were employed full time, 28.2% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gowrie Mountain, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gowrie Mountain was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Gowrie Mountain included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.5%, Labourers 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.4%, Managers 11.8%, Sales Workers 8.4%, Professionals 7.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Gowrie Mountain, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 5.8%, School Education 4.2%, Residential Building Construction 3.3%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.3% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gowrie Mountain was $652.

In Gowrie Mountain, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.2%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Truck 2.5%, Other 2.5% and Walked only 2.5%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gowrie Mountain, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% provided care for children and 7.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.8% 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 Gowrie Mountain, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gowrie Mountain, 36.8% were couple families with children, 47.4% were couple families without children and 15.8% were one parent families.

In Gowrie Mountain 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gowrie Mountain, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $2,055.

Employment status of couple families

In Gowrie Mountain, of couple families with children, 21.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 21.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gowrie Mountain, 91.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gowrie Mountain, 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 Gowrie Mountain, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 3.6% had 2 bedrooms and 30.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gowrie Mountain, 42.2% were owned outright, 45.8% were owned with a mortgage and 12.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Gowrie Mountain, of all households, 91.2% were family households, 8.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Gowrie Mountain, 20.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.6% 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 Gowrie Mountain, 20.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gowrie Mountain, 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 Gowrie Mountain, 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 Gowrie Mountain, 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.