Gregory

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 43,655 people in Gregory of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Gregory was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.3% of the population.

Of people in Gregory aged 15 years and over, 51.3% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gregory was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Gregory, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gregory was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Gregory 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.8% were in primary school, 17.3% in secondary school and 10.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gregory were Australian 34.7%, English 27.2%, Irish 8.1%, Scottish 7.1% and German 4.6%.

In Gregory, 83.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.1%, England 1.3%, Philippines 0.7%, South Africa 0.6% and India 0.3%.

In Gregory, 80.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gregory were Catholic 26.9%, Anglican 22.0%, No Religion 17.9%, Uniting Church 8.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Gregory 89.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.4%, Filipino 0.3%, Tagalog 0.2%, Tongan 0.2% and Maori (New Zealand) 0.1%.

Employment

There were 23,430 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gregory. Of these 70.0% were employed full time, 20.7% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gregory, 7.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gregory was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Gregory included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.1%, Managers 17.0%, Labourers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Professionals 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3% and Sales Workers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Gregory, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 16.9%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 12.5%, School Education 5.5%, Local Government Administration 3.1% and Accommodation 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gregory was $729.

In Gregory, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.0%, Walked only 9.2%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Bus 2.9% and Truck 1.5%. On the day, 3.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gregory, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.6% provided care for children and 7.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.7% 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 Gregory, 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gregory, 49.6% were couple families with children, 38.2% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Gregory 23.0% of single parents were male and 77.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gregory, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,527 and those without children was $2,207.

Employment status of couple families

In Gregory, of couple families with children, 29.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gregory, 79.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gregory, 87.2% were separate houses, 2.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.9% were flats, units or apartments and 4.2% were other dwellings.

In Gregory, of occupied private dwellings 5.5% had 1 bedroom, 14.1% had 2 bedrooms and 42.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gregory, 26.8% were owned outright, 26.7% were owned with a mortgage and 42.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Gregory, of all households, 73.7% were family households, 22.8% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Gregory, 19.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.5% 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 Gregory, 27.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gregory, there were 2,691 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,337 (or 49.7%) were male and 1,354 (or 50.3%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Gregory, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,151.

In Gregory, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.