Golden Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 378 people in Golden Heights of these 52.9% were male and 47.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Golden Heights was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.3% of the population.

Of people in Golden Heights aged 15 years and over, 62.8% were married and 8.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Golden Heights was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Golden Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Golden Heights was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Golden Heights 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.4% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 9.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Golden Heights were Australian 32.7%, English 31.6%, German 18.6%, Scottish 3.6% and Irish 2.7%.

In Golden Heights, 91.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.9%, Italy 1.3%, India 1.1% and Netherlands 1.1%.

In Golden Heights, 86.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Golden Heights were Lutheran 29.8%, No Religion 20.3%, Anglican 13.5%, Uniting Church 10.8% and Catholic 10.3%.

In Golden Heights 95.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Spanish 1.1%, Italian 0.8% and Tagalog 0.8%.

Employment

There were 184 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Golden Heights. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Golden Heights, 13.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Golden Heights was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Golden Heights included Labourers 24.7%, Managers 23.0%, Professionals 10.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.6%, Sales Workers 5.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Golden Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 18.4%, Beverage Manufacturing 7.5%, Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 4.6%, Packaging Services 4.0% and School Education 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Golden Heights was $483.

In Golden Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.5%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Walked only 5.7%, Other 1.7% and Ferry, car as driver 1.7%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Golden Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.5% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.7% 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 Golden Heights, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Golden Heights, 40.9% were couple families with children, 47.3% were couple families without children and 11.8% were one parent families.

In Golden Heights 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Golden Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,694 and those without children was $1,600.

Employment status of couple families

In Golden Heights, of couple families with children, 18.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 26.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Golden Heights, 79.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Golden Heights, 98.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

In Golden Heights, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 11.3% had 2 bedrooms and 56.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Golden Heights, 48.3% were owned outright, 29.5% were owned with a mortgage and 18.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Golden Heights, of all households, 75.5% were family households, 24.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Golden Heights, 27.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.2% 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 Golden Heights, 27.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Golden Heights, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 53.3%) were male and 7 (or 46.7%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Golden Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Golden Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.