Goolwa Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,163 people in Goolwa Beach of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Goolwa Beach was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 29.2% of the population.

Of people in Goolwa Beach aged 15 years and over, 52.6% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Goolwa Beach was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Goolwa Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Goolwa Beach was 64 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Goolwa Beach 22.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.8% were in primary school, 16.8% in secondary school and 13.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Goolwa Beach were English 38.2%, Australian 29.3%, Scottish 6.9%, Irish 6.7% and German 5.7%.

In Goolwa Beach, 76.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.5%, Scotland 1.4%, Germany 1.0%, Netherlands 1.0% and New Zealand 0.5%.

In Goolwa Beach, 63.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Goolwa Beach were No Religion 32.7%, Anglican 15.7%, Uniting Church 12.8%, Catholic 11.6% and Lutheran 3.7%.

In Goolwa Beach 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Dutch 0.4%, Afrikaans 0.2%, Italian 0.2% and Samoan 0.2%.

Employment

There were 772 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Goolwa Beach. Of these 42.9% were employed full time, 40.0% were employed part-time and 9.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Goolwa Beach, 16.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 28.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Goolwa Beach was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Goolwa Beach included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.2%, Labourers 16.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.5%, Professionals 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Managers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Goolwa Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.3%, Residential Care Services 6.3%, Building Completion Services 4.0% and School Education 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Goolwa Beach was $390.

In Goolwa Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.1%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Walked only 2.4%, Bicycle 1.4% and Other 1.0%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Goolwa Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.4% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.4% 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 Goolwa Beach, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Goolwa Beach, 25.7% were couple families with children, 56.5% were couple families without children and 16.4% were one parent families.

In Goolwa Beach 18.7% of single parents were male and 81.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Goolwa Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,328 and those without children was $1,337.

Employment status of couple families

In Goolwa Beach, of couple families with children, 7.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 12.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Goolwa Beach, 61.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 38.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Goolwa Beach, 89.6% were separate houses, 10.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Goolwa Beach, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 20.5% had 2 bedrooms and 59.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Goolwa Beach, 37.4% were owned outright, 29.8% were owned with a mortgage and 25.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Goolwa Beach, of all households, 69.3% were family households, 28.9% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Goolwa Beach, 39.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.6% 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 Goolwa Beach, 47.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Goolwa Beach, there were 27 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 55.6%) were male and 12 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Goolwa Beach, 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 $719.

In Goolwa Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $185 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,282.