Greenough

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 369 people in Greenough of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Greenough was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.3% of the population.

Of people in Greenough aged 15 years and over, 51.5% were married and 15.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Greenough was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Greenough, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Greenough was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Greenough 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.3% were in primary school, 25.3% in secondary school and 12.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Greenough were English 34.6%, Australian 28.3%, Scottish 8.5%, Irish 8.1% and German 3.7%.

In Greenough, 80.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.8%, New Zealand 1.4%, South Africa 1.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.1% and United States of America 1.1%.

In Greenough, 66.3% 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 Greenough were Anglican 31.3%, Catholic 23.7%, No Religion 19.4%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Christian, nfd 3.0%.

In Greenough 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 1.1%, Italian 0.8%, Indonesian 0.8% and Mandarin 0.8%.

Employment

There were 194 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Greenough. Of these 55.7% were employed full time, 31.4% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Greenough, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Greenough was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Greenough included Managers 24.0%, Labourers 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Professionals 13.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.5% and Sales Workers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Greenough, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.7%, Metal Ore Mining 6.0%, Road Freight Transport 4.3%, Building Installation Services 3.8% and Other Goods and Equipment Rental and Hiring 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Greenough was $606.

In Greenough, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.1%, Walked only 6.5%, Other 3.2%, Car, as passenger 2.2% and Bus 1.6%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Greenough, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.4% provided care for children and 8.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.2% 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 Greenough, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Greenough, 41.4% were couple families with children, 51.4% were couple families without children and 7.2% were one parent families.

In Greenough 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Greenough, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $2,607.

Employment status of couple families

In Greenough, of couple families with children, 21.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 14.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Greenough, 84.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greenough, 90.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 9.4% were other dwellings.

In Greenough, of occupied private dwellings 11.4% had 1 bedroom, 21.4% had 2 bedrooms and 34.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greenough, 49.6% were owned outright, 34.8% were owned with a mortgage and 13.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Greenough, of all households, 78.1% were family households, 19.0% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Greenough, 27.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.5% 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 Greenough, 17.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Greenough, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 36.4%) were male and 7 (or 63.6%) were female. The median age was 52 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 Greenough, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Greenough, 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.