Golden Grove

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 8,069 people were counted in Golden Grove: of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Golden Grove there were 1,982 children aged 0-14 years and 1,136 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Golden Grove, 7,198 people were Australian citizens, 2,062 were born overseas and 30 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Golden Grove, 60.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.6% were separated or divorced, 3.2% were widowed and 27.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Golden Grove, 71.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Golden Grove were England 13.1%, Scotland 1.9%, Poland 1.2%, Germany 0.8% and Italy 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Golden Grove on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 21.2%, Anglican 19.8%, No Religion 18.5%, Uniting Church 10.6% and Lutheran 3.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Golden Grove, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Polish 1.6%, Italian 1.1%, German 0.7%, Greek 0.3% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 89.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 4,266 people aged 15 years and over in Golden Grove were in the labour force. Of these 60.7% worked full-time, 33.3% worked part-time, 1.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.4% were unemployed. 1,707 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Golden Grove, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 13.6%, Professionals 11.2%, Associate Professionals 9.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.3%, Managers and Administrators 6.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Golden Grove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.6%, Health Services 5.0%, Education 4.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.7% and Food Retailing 4.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Golden Grove, 2,325 families were counted: of these, 32.0% were couple families without children, 53.5% were couple families with children, 13.8% were one parent families and 0.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Golden Grove, 2,887 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Golden Grove, 88.4% were separate houses, 10.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Golden Grove, 24.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 48.5% were being purchased and 23.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Golden Grove, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 22.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 47.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 28.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Golden Grove, 79.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 16.3% were single (or lone) person households and 2.1% were group households.