Gascoyne Junction

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 125 people in Gascoyne Junction of these 56.0% were male and 44.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 28.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Gascoyne Junction was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.0% of the population.

Of people in Gascoyne Junction aged 15 years and over, 42.2% were married and 19.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gascoyne Junction was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 39 years.

In Gascoyne Junction, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gascoyne Junction was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Gascoyne Junction 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.3% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gascoyne Junction were English 25.3%, Australian 24.7%, Australian Aboriginal 18.0%, Irish 6.7% and Scottish 6.0%.

In Gascoyne Junction, 77.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 7.0% and New Zealand 2.3%.

In Gascoyne Junction, 77.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gascoyne Junction were No Religion 36.2%, Anglican 18.1%, Catholic 16.5%, Baptist 3.9% and Pentecostal 3.1%.

In Gascoyne Junction 82.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Aboriginal English, so described 4.0%.

Employment

There were 64 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gascoyne Junction. Of these 71.9% were employed full time, 15.6% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gascoyne Junction, 0.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 68.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gascoyne Junction was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Gascoyne Junction were Managers 32.8%, Labourers 24.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.1%, Professionals 10.3% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Gascoyne Junction, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 48.2%, School Education 16.1%, Local Government Administration 12.5%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 8.9% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 7.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gascoyne Junction was $425.

In Gascoyne Junction, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 33.9%, Walked only 18.6%, Car, as passenger 8.5% and Other 5.1%. 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 39.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gascoyne Junction, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.6% provided care for children and 0.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.6% 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 Gascoyne Junction, 17.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gascoyne Junction, 32.1% were couple families with children, 42.9% were couple families without children and 25.0% were one parent families.

In Gascoyne Junction 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gascoyne Junction, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $0 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Gascoyne Junction, of couple families with children, 30.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 0.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gascoyne Junction, 74.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gascoyne Junction, 92.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 7.5% were other dwellings.

In Gascoyne Junction, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.8% had 2 bedrooms and 46.2% 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 Gascoyne Junction, 45.0% were owned outright, 10.0% were owned with a mortgage and 37.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Gascoyne Junction, of all households, 59.0% were family households, 41.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Gascoyne Junction, 38.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Gascoyne Junction, 42.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gascoyne Junction, there were 39 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 41.0%) were male and 23 (or 59.0%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Gascoyne Junction, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $579.

In Gascoyne Junction, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $25 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.