Grand Secret

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 145 people in Grand Secret of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 12.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Grand Secret was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.6% of the population.

Of people in Grand Secret aged 15 years and over, 45.8% were married and 16.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Grand Secret was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Grand Secret, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Grand Secret was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Grand Secret 19.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.4% were in primary school, 28.1% in secondary school and 18.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Grand Secret were Australian 50.3%, English 25.9%, Irish 8.5%, Italian 3.7% and Scottish 3.2%.

In Grand Secret, 89.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.0%, New Zealand 2.0% and Serbia 2.0%.

In Grand Secret, 86.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Grand Secret were Uniting Church 22.6%, Anglican 19.2%, Catholic 19.2%, No Religion 19.2% and Baptist 8.9%.

In Grand Secret 98.0% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 78 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Grand Secret. Of these 52.6% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Grand Secret, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 17.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Grand Secret was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 28 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Grand Secret were Labourers 25.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 18.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.5%, Professionals 11.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 9.2% and Managers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Grand Secret, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 9.0%, Hospitals 7.7%, School Education 6.4%, Residential Building Construction 3.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Grand Secret was $427.

In Grand Secret, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.3%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Taxi, car as driver, car as passenger 5.3%, Walked only 5.3% and Bus 3.9%. 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 69.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Grand Secret, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.0% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.8% 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 Grand Secret, 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Grand Secret, 52.2% were couple families with children, 41.3% were couple families without children and 6.5% were one parent families.

In Grand Secret 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Grand Secret, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,937.

Employment status of couple families

In Grand Secret, of couple families with children, 16.2% had both partners employed full-time, 8.1% had both employed part-time and 29.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Grand Secret, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grand Secret, 84.2% were separate houses, 5.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Grand Secret, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 28.6% had 2 bedrooms and 44.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grand Secret, 25.0% were owned outright, 25.0% were owned with a mortgage and 44.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Grand Secret, of all households, 78.2% were family households, 21.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Grand Secret, 37.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.1% 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 Grand Secret, 32.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Grand Secret, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 36.8%) were male and 12 (or 63.2%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Grand Secret, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Grand Secret, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.