Gibson

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 445 people in Gibson of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 15.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Gibson was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.1% of the population.

Of people in Gibson aged 15 years and over, 45.5% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gibson was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Gibson, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gibson was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Gibson 37.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.4% were in primary school, 41.9% in secondary school and 5.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gibson were Australian 35.6%, English 29.9%, Scottish 7.4%, Irish 7.1% and Australian Aboriginal 2.3%.

In Gibson, 83.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 2.5%, Germany 0.9%, Kenya 0.9% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Gibson, 73.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gibson were No Religion 27.1%, Catholic 16.4%, Anglican 15.0%, Christian, nfd 14.3% and Pentecostal 4.3%.

In Gibson 91.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.7%, Croatian 0.7%, Filipino 0.7%, Kriol 0.7% and Bislama 0.7%.

Employment

There were 198 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gibson. Of these 61.1% were employed full time, 26.8% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gibson, 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gibson was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Gibson included Managers 30.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.6%, Labourers 12.6%, Professionals 12.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.8% and Sales Workers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Gibson, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 28.8%, School Education 7.3%, Other Social Assistance Services 3.7%, Road Freight Transport 3.1% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 1.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gibson was $402.

In Gibson, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.9%, Walked only 15.3%, Bus 2.1%, Truck 2.1% and Car, as passenger 1.6%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 49.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gibson, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.8% provided care for children and 6.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.1% 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 Gibson, 22.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gibson, 41.4% were couple families with children, 46.5% were couple families without children and 12.1% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Gibson, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,228 and those without children was $1,145.

Employment status of couple families

In Gibson, of couple families with children, 25.9% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 28.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gibson, 69.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gibson, 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 Gibson, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 10.2% had 2 bedrooms and 37.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gibson, 43.3% were owned outright, 31.5% were owned with a mortgage and 22.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Gibson, of all households, 73.2% were family households, 24.4% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Gibson, 29.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Gibson, 18.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 44.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gibson, there were 73 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 36 (or 49.3%) were male and 37 (or 50.7%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Gibson, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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