Goodooga (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 216 people in Goodooga (L) of these 44.0% were male and 56.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 82.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Goodooga (L) was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.4% of the population.

Of people in Goodooga (L) aged 15 years and over, 13.3% were married and 7.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Goodooga (L) was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Goodooga (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 15.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 25.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Goodooga (L) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Goodooga (L) 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 48.3% were in primary school, 30.0% in secondary school and 5.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Goodooga (L) were Australian Aboriginal 67.5%, Australian 11.7%, English 8.8%, Irish 4.2% and Scottish 2.5%.

In Goodooga (L), 96.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was England 1.4%.

In Goodooga (L), 94.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 1.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Goodooga (L) were Catholic 34.7%, No Religion 25.9%, Anglican 22.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 4.2% and Pentecostal 1.9%.

In Goodooga (L) 95.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 2.3%.

Employment

There were 88 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Goodooga (L). Of these 42.0% were employed full time, 34.1% were employed part-time and 18.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Goodooga (L), 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 20.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Goodooga (L) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 25 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Goodooga (L) were Labourers 20.5%, Professionals 19.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.3%, Managers 11.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Goodooga (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 20.5%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 17.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.8%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 5.5% and Hospitals 5.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Goodooga (L) was $339.

In Goodooga (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 43.2%, Car, as driver 31.1%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Bus 4.1% and Truck 4.1%. On the day, 4.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 37.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Goodooga (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.2% provided care for children and 7.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.2% 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 Goodooga (L), 13.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Goodooga (L), 25.5% were couple families with children, 27.5% were couple families without children and 37.3% were one parent families.

In Goodooga (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Goodooga (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $700.

Employment status of couple families

In Goodooga (L), of couple families with children, 14.8% had both partners employed full-time, 22.2% had both employed part-time and 14.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Goodooga (L), 84.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Goodooga (L), 95.5% were separate houses, 4.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Goodooga (L), of occupied private dwellings 6.0% had 1 bedroom, 13.4% had 2 bedrooms and 50.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Goodooga (L), 16.7% were owned outright, 4.5% were owned with a mortgage and 56.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Goodooga (L), of all households, 78.1% were family households, 21.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Goodooga (L), 29.0% 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 Goodooga (L), 37.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Goodooga (L), there were 176 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 76 (or 43.2%) were male and 100 (or 56.8%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Goodooga (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $814.

In Goodooga (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $60 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.