East Gippsland (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 42,196 people in East Gippsland (S) of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in East Gippsland (S) was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.3% of the population.

Of people in East Gippsland (S) aged 15 years and over, 52.2% were married and 13.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Gippsland (S) was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In East Gippsland (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Gippsland (S) was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In East Gippsland (S) 25.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 24.0% in secondary school and 13.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Gippsland (S) were English 32.4%, Australian 32.0%, Scottish 8.4%, Irish 8.3% and German 3.4%.

In East Gippsland (S), 84.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, New Zealand 0.9%, Netherlands 0.7%, Germany 0.7% and Scotland 0.6%.

In East Gippsland (S), 75.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Gippsland (S) were No Religion 29.6%, Anglican 21.6%, Catholic 19.0%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In East Gippsland (S) 92.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.6%, German 0.5%, Dutch 0.2%, Mandarin 0.1% and Greek 0.1%.

Employment

There were 18,041 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Gippsland (S). Of these 51.8% were employed full time, 35.6% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Gippsland (S), 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Gippsland (S) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in East Gippsland (S) included Managers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Professionals 14.9%, Labourers 13.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Sales Workers 9.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in East Gippsland (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Residential Care Services 4.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7% and Accommodation 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Gippsland (S) was $436.

In East Gippsland (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.2%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Walked only 4.9%, Other 1.2% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Gippsland (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.1% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.3% 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 East Gippsland (S), 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Gippsland (S), 33.7% were couple families with children, 50.7% were couple families without children and 14.7% were one parent families.

In East Gippsland (S) 17.8% of single parents were male and 82.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Gippsland (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,742 and those without children was $1,436.

Employment status of couple families

In East Gippsland (S), of couple families with children, 14.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 19.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Gippsland (S), 77.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Gippsland (S), 87.7% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.2% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In East Gippsland (S), of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 18.9% had 2 bedrooms and 51.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Gippsland (S), 45.3% were owned outright, 27.8% were owned with a mortgage and 23.3% were rented.

Household composition

In East Gippsland (S), of all households, 68.6% were family households, 28.9% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In East Gippsland (S), 36.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 East Gippsland (S), 36.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Gippsland (S), there were 1,351 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 671 (or 49.7%) were male and 680 (or 50.3%) were female. The median age was 21 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 East Gippsland (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $755.

In East Gippsland (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,335.