Golden Grove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,429 people in Golden Grove of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Golden Grove was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Golden Grove aged 15 years and over, 56.4% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Golden Grove was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Golden Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Golden Grove was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Golden Grove 29.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.0% were in primary school, 25.2% in secondary school and 22.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Golden Grove were English 34.9%, Australian 27.1%, Scottish 6.1%, German 5.3% and Irish 5.2%.

In Golden Grove, 71.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 12.4%, Scotland 1.5%, South Africa 0.9%, New Zealand 0.8% and Poland 0.8%.

In Golden Grove, 48.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Golden Grove were No Religion 26.2%, Catholic 19.8%, Anglican 16.7%, Uniting Church 10.5% and Lutheran 4.2%.

In Golden Grove 88.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Polish 1.0%, Italian 0.9%, Spanish 0.5%, German 0.4% and Afrikaans 0.4%.

Employment

There were 5,227 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Golden Grove. Of these 58.6% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Golden Grove, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Golden Grove was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Golden Grove included Professionals 19.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.6%, Managers 13.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Sales Workers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Labourers 7.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Golden Grove, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Hospitals 3.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2% and State Government Administration 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Golden Grove was $633.

In Golden Grove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.3%, Bus 7.2%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Bus, car as driver 1.2% and Walked only 0.8%. On the day, 9.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Golden Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.2% 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 Golden Grove, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Golden Grove, 49.2% were couple families with children, 36.7% were couple families without children and 13.3% were one parent families.

In Golden Grove 14.7% of single parents were male and 85.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Golden Grove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,409 and those without children was $2,130.

Employment status of couple families

In Golden Grove, of couple families with children, 22.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 27.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Golden Grove, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Golden Grove, 86.2% were separate houses, 10.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Golden Grove, of occupied private dwellings 0.7% had 1 bedroom, 15.1% had 2 bedrooms and 43.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Golden Grove, 28.1% were owned outright, 45.0% were owned with a mortgage and 22.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Golden Grove, of all households, 77.9% were family households, 20.7% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Golden Grove, 20.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.1% 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 Golden Grove, 33.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Golden Grove, there were 40 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 60.0%) were male and 16 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Golden Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $724.

In Golden Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.