Georges Hall

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,669 people in Georges Hall of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Georges Hall was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.6% of the population.

Of people in Georges Hall aged 15 years and over, 57.4% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Georges Hall was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Georges Hall, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Georges Hall was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Georges Hall 29.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.6% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 17.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Georges Hall were Australian 17.3%, English 13.9%, Lebanese 12.9%, Italian 6.5% and Greek 5.5%.

In Georges Hall, 64.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Lebanon 5.1%, Vietnam 4.0%, Italy 2.3%, England 1.6% and Greece 1.6%.

In Georges Hall, 32.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 55.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Georges Hall were Catholic 35.2%, Eastern Orthodox 12.2%, Anglican 12.1%, Islam 11.6% and No Religion 5.7%.

In Georges Hall 50.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 16.0%, Vietnamese 6.3%, Greek 5.2%, Italian 3.8% and Macedonian 2.5%.

Employment

There were 3,829 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Georges Hall. Of these 61.7% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Georges Hall, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Georges Hall was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Georges Hall included Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.7%, Professionals 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Managers 10.9%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.0% and Labourers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Georges Hall, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.8%, Road Freight Transport 3.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.0%, Building Installation Services 2.4% and Hospitals 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Georges Hall was $518.

In Georges Hall, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Train 3.4%, Train, car as driver 2.4% and Truck 2.0%. On the day, 9.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Georges Hall, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.5% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.8% 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 Georges Hall, 21.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Georges Hall, 52.3% were couple families with children, 31.0% were couple families without children and 15.5% were one parent families.

In Georges Hall 12.8% of single parents were male and 87.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Georges Hall, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,303 and those without children was $2,024.

Employment status of couple families

In Georges Hall, of couple families with children, 20.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 16.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Georges Hall, 95.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Georges Hall, 87.0% were separate houses, 12.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Georges Hall, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 5.8% had 2 bedrooms and 52.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Georges Hall, 45.4% were owned outright, 36.6% were owned with a mortgage and 14.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Georges Hall, of all households, 85.6% were family households, 13.5% were single person households and 0.9% were group households.

In Georges Hall, 20.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.9% 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 Georges Hall, 29.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Georges Hall, there were 62 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 26 (or 41.9%) were male and 36 (or 58.1%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Georges Hall, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $974.

In Georges Hall, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $460 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.