Gooseberry Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,556 people in Gooseberry Hill of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Gooseberry Hill was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.6% of the population.

Of people in Gooseberry Hill aged 15 years and over, 64.6% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gooseberry Hill was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Gooseberry Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gooseberry Hill was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Gooseberry Hill 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.9% were in primary school, 25.6% in secondary school and 21.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gooseberry Hill were English 35.6%, Australian 25.4%, Scottish 8.4%, Irish 7.4% and Italian 3.0%.

In Gooseberry Hill, 62.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 15.6%, New Zealand 2.7%, Scotland 2.4%, Ireland 1.3% and Netherlands 1.0%.

In Gooseberry Hill, 40.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gooseberry Hill were No Religion 27.9%, Anglican 23.5%, Catholic 22.5%, Uniting Church 4.2% and Christian, nfd 3.0%.

In Gooseberry Hill 90.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, Dutch 0.6%, Italian 0.6%, Thai 0.4% and French 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,847 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gooseberry Hill. Of these 56.9% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gooseberry Hill, 14.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.6% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Gooseberry Hill included Professionals 27.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.6%, Managers 16.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.6%, Sales Workers 7.2%, Labourers 5.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Gooseberry Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.5%, State Government Administration 3.6%, Hospitals 3.5% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gooseberry Hill was $747.

In Gooseberry Hill, 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 4.3%, Bus 2.7%, Other 1.6% and Walked only 1.2%. On the day, 5.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gooseberry Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.5% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.2% 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 Gooseberry Hill, 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gooseberry Hill, 44.4% were couple families with children, 47.6% were couple families without children and 7.7% were one parent families.

In Gooseberry Hill 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gooseberry Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,042 and those without children was $2,510.

Employment status of couple families

In Gooseberry Hill, of couple families with children, 16.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 22.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gooseberry Hill, 91.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gooseberry Hill, 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 Gooseberry Hill, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 5.9% had 2 bedrooms and 32.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gooseberry Hill, 50.6% were owned outright, 40.7% were owned with a mortgage and 6.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Gooseberry Hill, of all households, 83.2% were family households, 15.8% were single person households and 1.0% were group households.

In Gooseberry Hill, 14.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.4% 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 Gooseberry Hill, 23.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gooseberry Hill, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 61.1%) were male and 7 (or 38.9%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Gooseberry Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Gooseberry Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $360 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,900.