Gresford - East Gresford (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 315 people in Gresford - East Gresford (L) of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Gresford - East Gresford (L) was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.4% of the population.

Of people in Gresford - East Gresford (L) aged 15 years and over, 49.4% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gresford - East Gresford (L) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Gresford - East Gresford (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 49.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gresford - East Gresford (L) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Gresford - East Gresford (L) 24.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.6% were in primary school, 18.5% in secondary school and 4.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gresford - East Gresford (L) were Australian 36.1%, English 32.0%, Scottish 7.9%, Irish 7.0% and German 2.9%.

In Gresford - East Gresford (L), 93.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was England 1.3%.

In Gresford - East Gresford (L), 92.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gresford - East Gresford (L) were Anglican 50.6%, Catholic 22.3%, No Religion 11.1%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In Gresford - East Gresford (L) 94.3% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 146 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gresford - East Gresford (L). Of these 60.3% were employed full time, 30.1% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gresford - East Gresford (L), 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gresford - East Gresford (L) was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Gresford - East Gresford (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.4%, Labourers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Managers 10.8%, Professionals 6.5% and Sales Workers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Gresford - East Gresford (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 6.5%, Other Social Assistance Services 5.8%, Other Construction Services 5.0%, Road Passenger Transport 5.0% and Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gresford - East Gresford (L) was $418.

In Gresford - East Gresford (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 76.6%, Car, as passenger 4.4% and Walked only 3.6%. 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 82.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gresford - East Gresford (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 74.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.8% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.2% 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 Gresford - East Gresford (L), 23.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gresford - East Gresford (L), 40.2% were couple families with children, 41.4% were couple families without children and 18.4% were one parent families.

In Gresford - East Gresford (L) 23.5% of single parents were male and 76.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gresford - East Gresford (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,600 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Gresford - East Gresford (L), of couple families with children, 13.2% had both partners employed full-time, 7.4% had both employed part-time and 22.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gresford - East Gresford (L), 86.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gresford - East Gresford (L), 95.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.4% were flats, units or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

In Gresford - East Gresford (L), of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 18.3% had 2 bedrooms and 57.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gresford - East Gresford (L), 46.3% were owned outright, 35.5% were owned with a mortgage and 18.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Gresford - East Gresford (L), of all households, 66.7% were family households, 30.1% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Gresford - East Gresford (L), 33.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Gresford - East Gresford (L), 28.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gresford - East Gresford (L), there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 43.8%) were male and 9 (or 56.2%) were female. The median age was 9 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 Gresford - East Gresford (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Gresford - East Gresford (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,207.