Georges Plains

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 361 people in Georges Plains of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Georges Plains was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.8% of the population.

Of people in Georges Plains aged 15 years and over, 51.4% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Georges Plains was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Georges Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Georges Plains was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Georges Plains 34.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.9% were in primary school, 41.3% in secondary school and 11.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Georges Plains were Australian 39.6%, English 31.7%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 5.8% and German 3.6%.

In Georges Plains, 90.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.2%, New Zealand 1.9%, Germany 1.1% and South Africa 1.1%.

In Georges Plains, 78.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Georges Plains were Catholic 34.1%, Anglican 28.5%, No Religion 13.0%, Uniting Church 7.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Georges Plains 97.5% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 190 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Georges Plains. Of these 67.4% were employed full time, 27.9% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Georges Plains, 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Georges Plains was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Georges Plains included Managers 25.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.0%, Professionals 12.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.7%, Labourers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.0% and Sales Workers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Georges Plains, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 13.9%, Tertiary Education 5.9%, Hospitals 3.2%, Residential Care Services 3.2% and Horse and Dog Racing Activities 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Georges Plains was $642.

In Georges Plains, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.2%, Truck 4.3%, Car, as passenger 2.7%, Walked only 2.7% and Train 1.6%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Georges Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.6% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.6% 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 Georges Plains, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Georges Plains, 52.6% were couple families with children, 30.9% were couple families without children and 13.4% were one parent families.

In Georges Plains 66.7% of single parents were male and 33.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Georges Plains, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,607 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Georges Plains, of couple families with children, 27.3% had both partners employed full-time, 8.0% had both employed part-time and 26.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Georges Plains, 82.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Georges Plains, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Georges Plains, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.1% had 2 bedrooms and 45.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Georges Plains, 39.2% were owned outright, 40.0% were owned with a mortgage and 15.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Georges Plains, of all households, 76.0% were family households, 24.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Georges Plains, 22.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.3% 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 Georges Plains, 23.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Georges Plains, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 30.0%) were male and 14 (or 70.0%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Georges Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,773.