Goolgowi

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 286 people in Goolgowi of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Goolgowi was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.8% of the population.

Of people in Goolgowi aged 15 years and over, 46.3% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Goolgowi was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Goolgowi, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Goolgowi was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Goolgowi 27.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.2% were in primary school, 29.6% in secondary school and 11.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Goolgowi were Australian 33.6%, English 33.6%, Irish 8.7%, Maori 6.3% and Scottish 5.3%.

In Goolgowi, 88.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 7.6%, Italy 1.0% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Goolgowi, 78.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Goolgowi were Anglican 22.9%, Catholic 22.2%, No Religion 21.5%, Uniting Church 13.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.2%.

In Goolgowi 95.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.4% and Maori (New Zealand) 1.4%.

Employment

There were 147 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Goolgowi. Of these 63.9% were employed full time, 21.1% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Goolgowi, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Goolgowi was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Goolgowi included Machinery Operators And Drivers 30.4%, Managers 21.0%, Labourers 12.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.0%, Sales Workers 2.9% and Professionals 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Goolgowi, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 20.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 12.1%, School Education 5.7%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 2.9% and Residential Building Construction 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Goolgowi was $595.

In Goolgowi, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.7%, Walked only 13.8%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Bus 2.2% and Truck 2.2%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Goolgowi, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.9% 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 Goolgowi, 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Goolgowi, 32.6% were couple families with children, 45.3% were couple families without children and 22.1% were one parent families.

In Goolgowi 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Goolgowi, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,607.

Employment status of couple families

In Goolgowi, of couple families with children, 31.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 16.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Goolgowi, 87.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Goolgowi, 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 Goolgowi, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.0% had 2 bedrooms and 56.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Goolgowi, 29.0% were owned outright, 31.8% were owned with a mortgage and 36.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Goolgowi, of all households, 72.4% were family households, 27.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Goolgowi, 23.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Goolgowi, 34.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Goolgowi, there were 29 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 37.9%) were male and 18 (or 62.1%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Goolgowi, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,031.

In Goolgowi, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $65 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $900.