Gumlow

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 150 people in Gumlow of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Gumlow was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.7% of the population.

Of people in Gumlow aged 15 years and over, 64.8% were married and 7.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gumlow was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 18 years.

In Gumlow, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gumlow was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 62 years.

In Gumlow 34.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.5% were in primary school, 23.1% in secondary school and 23.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gumlow were Australian 37.8%, English 24.3%, Irish 7.6%, German 7.0% and Italian 7.0%.

In Gumlow, 92.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Malaysia 2.0% and New Zealand 2.0%.

In Gumlow, 80.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gumlow were Catholic 46.1%, No Religion 17.8%, Anglican 14.5%, Uniting Church 9.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.0%.

In Gumlow 97.4% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 89 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gumlow. Of these 64.0% were employed full time, 27.0% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gumlow, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 62.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gumlow was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 29 years.

The most common occupations in Gumlow included Managers 24.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Labourers 11.2%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.7%, Professionals 3.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Gumlow, the most common responses for industry of employment included Nursery and Floriculture Production 13.3%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 7.8%, Building Installation Services 5.6%, Other Transport Equipment Manufacturing 4.4% and Residential Building Construction 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gumlow was $779.

In Gumlow, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.6%, Truck 7.8%, Ferry 4.4%, Bus 3.3% and Car, as passenger 3.3%. 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 61.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gumlow, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 46.3% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.1% 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 Gumlow, 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gumlow, 74.4% were couple families with children, 25.6% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Gumlow 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gumlow, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,125 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Gumlow, of couple families with children, 32.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 29.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gumlow, 91.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gumlow, 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 Gumlow, of occupied private dwellings 9.5% had 1 bedroom, 9.5% had 2 bedrooms and 28.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gumlow, 31.0% were owned outright, 50.0% were owned with a mortgage and 19.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Gumlow, of all households, 88.6% were family households, 11.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Gumlow, 11.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 29.4% 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 Gumlow, 11.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 45.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gumlow, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Gumlow, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,250.

In Gumlow, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.