Ginninderra

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 99,754 people in Ginninderra of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Ginninderra was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.9% of the population.

Of people in Ginninderra aged 15 years and over, 48.8% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ginninderra was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Ginninderra, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ginninderra was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Ginninderra 31.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.2% were in primary school, 19.6% in secondary school and 31.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ginninderra were Australian 26.8%, English 23.9%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 7.0% and Chinese 3.4%.

In Ginninderra, 71.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.3%, India 1.4%, New Zealand 1.1% and Vietnam 1.0%.

In Ginninderra, 54.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ginninderra were No Religion 28.4%, Catholic 25.7%, Anglican 14.4%, Uniting Church 3.7% and Buddhism 2.5%.

In Ginninderra 77.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.2%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Cantonese 1.0%, Italian 1.0% and Spanish 1.0%.

Employment

There were 55,549 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ginninderra. Of these 63.6% were employed full time, 26.2% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ginninderra, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ginninderra was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Ginninderra included Professionals 28.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.7%, Managers 14.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Sales Workers 7.2%, Labourers 5.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Ginninderra, the most common responses for industry of employment included Central Government Administration 18.1%, Tertiary Education 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, School Education 4.1% and Defence 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ginninderra was $867.

In Ginninderra, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.9%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Bus 6.1%, Walked only 2.2% and Bicycle 1.7%. On the day, 7.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ginninderra, 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, 29.2% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.0% 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 Ginninderra, 30.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ginninderra, 45.9% were couple families with children, 38.2% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Ginninderra 19.8% of single parents were male and 80.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ginninderra, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,944 and those without children was $2,509.

Employment status of couple families

In Ginninderra, of couple families with children, 29.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ginninderra, 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ginninderra, 77.6% were separate houses, 14.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Ginninderra, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 11.2% had 2 bedrooms and 45.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ginninderra, 30.4% were owned outright, 40.4% were owned with a mortgage and 27.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Ginninderra, of all households, 73.1% were family households, 21.5% were single person households and 5.3% were group households.

In Ginninderra, 12.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.8% 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 Ginninderra, 35.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ginninderra, there were 1,200 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 611 (or 50.9%) were male and 589 (or 49.1%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Ginninderra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,524.

In Ginninderra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $325 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.