Greys Plain

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 192 people in Greys Plain of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 94.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Greys Plain was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 37.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.6% of the population.

Of people in Greys Plain aged 15 years and over, 4.9% were married and 0.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Greys Plain was 68 years and the median age of people never married was 38 years.

In Greys Plain, of people aged 15 years and over, 5.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 40.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Greys Plain was 68 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Greys Plain 25.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 82.0% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The only responses for ancestry in Greys Plain were Australian Aboriginal 96.9% and Australian 3.1%.

In Greys Plain, 100.0% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Greys Plain, 100.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 0.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Greys Plain were No Religion 51.5%, Churches of Christ 23.7%, Catholic 11.9%, Christian, nfd 5.7% and Salvation Army 2.1%.

In Greys Plain 94.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Wajarri 2.6%, Yinhawangka 1.6% and Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 1.6%.

Employment

There were 23 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Greys Plain. Of these 26.1% were employed full time, 52.2% were employed part-time and 21.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Greys Plain, 0.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 55.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 16.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Greys Plain was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Greys Plain were Labourers 82.4% and Professionals 17.6%.

Of the employed people in Greys Plain, the only responses for industry of employent were Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 41.2%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 41.2% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 17.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Greys Plain was $275.

In Greys Plain, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 47.4%, Bus 15.8% and Car, as passenger 15.8%. 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 15.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Greys Plain, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.6% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 0.0% 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 Greys Plain, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 0.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Greys Plain, 34.9% were couple families with children, 27.9% were couple families without children and 37.2% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Greys Plain, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $700 and those without children was $0.

Employment status of couple families

In Greys Plain, of couple families with children, 0.0% had both partners employed full-time, 10.3% 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 Greys Plain, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greys Plain, 83.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Greys Plain, of occupied private dwellings 14.3% had 1 bedroom, 16.7% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 3.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greys Plain, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 100.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Greys Plain, of all households, 92.9% were family households, 7.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Greys Plain, 25.6% 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 Greys Plain, 12.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 12.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Greys Plain, there were 182 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 91 (or 50.0%) were male and 91 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Greys Plain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $857.

In Greys Plain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $98 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.