Goodnight

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 227 people in Goodnight of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Goodnight was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.8% of the population.

Of people in Goodnight aged 15 years and over, 63.5% were married and 6.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Goodnight was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Goodnight, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Goodnight was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Goodnight 24.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.3% were in primary school, 22.2% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Goodnight were Australian 25.6%, English 24.2%, Irish 12.6%, Italian 9.9% and Scottish 4.4%.

In Goodnight, 81.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 4.8%, England 1.3%, Germany 1.3%, India 1.3% and Mauritius 1.3%.

In Goodnight, 71.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Goodnight were Catholic 36.6%, No Religion 17.4%, Anglican 13.4%, Uniting Church 12.1% and Lutheran 5.4%.

In Goodnight 82.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 7.5%, German 1.3%, French 1.3% and Gujarati 1.3%.

Employment

There were 114 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Goodnight. Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Goodnight, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Goodnight was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Goodnight were Managers 51.4%, Professionals 10.3%, Labourers 10.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Goodnight, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 12.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.6%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 6.2%, Dairy Cattle Farming 2.7% and Beverage Manufacturing 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Goodnight was $366.

In Goodnight, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 47.2%, Walked only 5.7%, Motorbike/scooter 3.8% and Other 3.8%. 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 47.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Goodnight, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.6% provided care for children and 17.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.8% 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 Goodnight, 15.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Goodnight, 38.5% were couple families with children, 52.3% were couple families without children and 9.2% were one parent families.

In Goodnight 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Goodnight, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $833.

Employment status of couple families

In Goodnight, of couple families with children, 18.3% had both partners employed full-time, 8.3% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Goodnight, 67.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 32.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Goodnight, 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 Goodnight, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.8% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Goodnight, 51.9% were owned outright, 30.9% were owned with a mortgage and 13.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Goodnight, of all households, 80.2% were family households, 16.0% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Goodnight, 36.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Goodnight, 21.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Goodnight, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 59 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 Goodnight, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $100.

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