Giles

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 35,982 people in Giles of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Giles was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.7% of the population.

Of people in Giles aged 15 years and over, 44.6% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Giles was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Giles, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Giles was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Giles 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 18.5% in secondary school and 12.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Giles were Australian 30.2%, English 27.7%, Scottish 7.0%, Irish 5.6% and German 5.5%.

In Giles, 76.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, Scotland 1.9%, South Africa 0.9%, New Zealand 0.9% and Philippines 0.8%.

In Giles, 65.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Giles were No Religion 30.8%, Catholic 17.7%, Anglican 10.6%, Uniting Church 9.9% and Lutheran 4.4%.

In Giles 81.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Pitjantjatjara 5.1%, Afrikaans 0.7%, Greek 0.7%, Yankunytjatjara 0.4% and German 0.4%.

Employment

There were 16,926 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Giles. Of these 62.0% were employed full time, 24.3% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Giles, 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.7% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Giles included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Professionals 14.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.2%, Labourers 12.2%, Managers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.5% and Sales Workers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Giles, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 10.5%, Metal Ore Mining 10.3%, School Education 5.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.6% and Hospitals 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Giles was $525.

In Giles, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.1%, Walked only 8.3%, Car, as passenger 8.1%, Bus 3.1% and Other 0.9%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Giles, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 Giles, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Giles, 40.7% were couple families with children, 39.9% were couple families without children and 18.1% were one parent families.

In Giles 20.4% of single parents were male and 79.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Giles, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,296 and those without children was $2,150.

Employment status of couple families

In Giles, of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 20.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Giles, 81.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Giles, 74.7% were separate houses, 19.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Giles, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 16.1% had 2 bedrooms and 57.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Giles, 24.8% were owned outright, 29.5% were owned with a mortgage and 42.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Giles, of all households, 65.6% were family households, 31.6% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Giles, 30.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.9% 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 Giles, 35.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Giles, there were 3,840 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,852 (or 48.2%) were male and 1,988 (or 51.8%) 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 Giles, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $823.

In Giles, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $90 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.