Gagebrook

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,567 people in Gagebrook of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 16.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Gagebrook was 24 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 34.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.8% of the population.

Of people in Gagebrook aged 15 years and over, 23.1% were married and 17.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gagebrook was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Gagebrook, of people aged 15 years and over, 22.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gagebrook was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Gagebrook 39.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.7% were in primary school, 18.1% in secondary school and 6.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gagebrook were Australian 37.2%, English 34.1%, Irish 5.4%, Scottish 3.4% and German 2.6%.

In Gagebrook, 87.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 0.8%, England 0.3%, Indonesia 0.3% and Greece 0.2%.

In Gagebrook, 91.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gagebrook were No Religion 33.7%, Anglican 26.8%, Catholic 14.6%, Uniting Church 1.5% and Christian, nfd 0.9%.

In Gagebrook 89.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.3%, Finnish 0.3% and Greek 0.3%.

Employment

There were 378 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gagebrook. Of these 45.2% were employed full time, 25.7% were employed part-time and 21.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gagebrook, 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gagebrook was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Gagebrook included Labourers 27.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Sales Workers 14.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.9%, Managers 4.6% and Professionals 1.0%.

Of the employed people in Gagebrook, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.6%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.3%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.6% and Residential Care Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gagebrook was $363.

In Gagebrook, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.1%, Car, as passenger 11.2%, Bus 5.6%, Other 2.0% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 7.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gagebrook, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.7% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 6.1% 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 Gagebrook, 15.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gagebrook, 34.4% were couple families with children, 13.8% were couple families without children and 49.6% were one parent families.

In Gagebrook 13.1% of single parents were male and 86.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gagebrook, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,421 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Gagebrook, of couple families with children, 6.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 9.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gagebrook, 95.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gagebrook, 95.0% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Gagebrook, of occupied private dwellings 3.4% had 1 bedroom, 13.1% had 2 bedrooms and 77.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gagebrook, 4.6% were owned outright, 20.8% were owned with a mortgage and 71.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Gagebrook, of all households, 71.5% were family households, 24.8% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Gagebrook, 46.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.7% 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 Gagebrook, 39.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gagebrook, there were 252 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 120 (or 47.6%) were male and 132 (or 52.4%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Gagebrook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $722.

In Gagebrook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $155 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $883.