Gooseberry Hill

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,240 people were counted in Gooseberry Hill: of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Gooseberry Hill there were 659 children aged 0-14 years and 839 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Gooseberry Hill, 2,864 people were Australian citizens, 1,036 were born overseas and 25 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Gooseberry Hill, 63.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.1% were separated or divorced, 4.4% were widowed and 23.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Gooseberry Hill, 64.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Gooseberry Hill were England 15.2%, Scotland 2.4%, New Zealand 1.9%, South Africa 1.4% and Netherlands 1.3%.

Of all people counted in Gooseberry Hill on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 27.2%, Catholic 22.0%, No Religion 20.1%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Gooseberry Hill, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.9%, Netherlandic 0.7%, French 0.5%, German 0.4% and Indonesian 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,675 people aged 15 years and over in Gooseberry Hill were in the labour force. Of these 56.1% worked full-time, 36.5% worked part-time, 1.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.5% were unemployed. 848 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Gooseberry Hill, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 17.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.5%, Associate Professionals 8.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.7%, Managers and Administrators 6.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.1%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.5% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Gooseberry Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 7.9%, Education 6.6%, Health Services 4.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.3% and Government Administration 2.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Gooseberry Hill, 969 families were counted: of these, 39.8% were couple families without children, 49.6% were couple families with children, 9.7% were one parent families and 0.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Gooseberry Hill, 1,178 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Gooseberry Hill, 92.9% were separate houses, 4.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Gooseberry Hill, 51.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 36.3% were being purchased and 7.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Gooseberry Hill, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 46.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 56.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Gooseberry Hill, 81.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 13.9% were single (or lone) person households and 1.3% were group households.