Gepps Cross

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 595 people in Gepps Cross of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Gepps Cross was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.4% of the population.

Of people in Gepps Cross aged 15 years and over, 49.6% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gepps Cross was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Gepps Cross, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gepps Cross was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Gepps Cross 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.9% were in primary school, 20.6% in secondary school and 20.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gepps Cross were Australian 23.1%, English 22.0%, Vietnamese 8.1%, German 5.9% and Chinese 5.5%.

In Gepps Cross, 60.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 7.2%, England 4.2%, India 4.0%, Philippines 3.2% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.0%.

In Gepps Cross, 47.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 43.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gepps Cross were No Religion 22.9%, Catholic 20.2%, Anglican 12.4%, Buddhism 7.2% and Uniting Church 6.3%.

In Gepps Cross 65.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 9.0%, Tagalog 2.3%, Mandarin 2.2%, Cantonese 2.0% and Punjabi 1.8%.

Employment

There were 250 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gepps Cross. Of these 56.8% were employed full time, 29.2% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gepps Cross, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gepps Cross was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Gepps Cross included Community and Personal Service Workers 16.1%, Labourers 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Professionals 8.7%, Sales Workers 8.7% and Managers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Gepps Cross, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Hospitals 4.8%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.4%, State Government Administration 3.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gepps Cross was $458.

In Gepps Cross, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.1%, Car, as passenger 9.7%, Bus 7.5%, Truck 3.5% and Other 2.2%. On the day, 11.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gepps Cross, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.8% provided care for children and 10.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.6% 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 Gepps Cross, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gepps Cross, 41.1% were couple families with children, 40.5% were couple families without children and 16.1% were one parent families.

In Gepps Cross 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gepps Cross, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,468 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Gepps Cross, of couple families with children, 13.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 13.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gepps Cross, 91.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gepps Cross, 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 Gepps Cross, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 9.1% had 2 bedrooms and 83.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gepps Cross, 44.2% were owned outright, 32.7% were owned with a mortgage and 18.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Gepps Cross, of all households, 77.3% were family households, 17.9% were single person households and 4.8% were group households.

In Gepps Cross, 29.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.6% 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 Gepps Cross, 35.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gepps Cross, there were 34 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 41.2%) were male and 20 (or 58.8%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Gepps Cross, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

In Gepps Cross, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $468.