Goolhi

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 250 people in Goolhi of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Goolhi was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population.

Of people in Goolhi aged 15 years and over, 61.3% were married and 7.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Goolhi was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 18 years.

In Goolhi, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Goolhi was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Goolhi 35.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.4% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 10.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Goolhi were Australian 38.6%, English 29.9%, Scottish 10.8%, Irish 6.8% and German 2.2%.

In Goolhi, 85.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.4%, Brazil 1.2%, France 1.2% and Netherlands 1.2%.

In Goolhi, 89.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Goolhi were Anglican 37.7%, Catholic 20.2%, No Religion 13.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 9.7% and Uniting Church 7.3%.

In Goolhi 86.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 2.0%, German 1.6% and French 1.2%.

Employment

There were 132 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Goolhi. Of these 69.7% were employed full time, 20.5% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Goolhi, 5.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 67.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Goolhi was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Goolhi were Managers 62.1%, Professionals 11.3%, Labourers 9.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.0%, Sales Workers 2.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Goolhi, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 62.6%, School Education 5.7%, Agricultural Product Wholesaling 4.9%, Fuel Retailing 2.4% and Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Goolhi was $415.

In Goolhi, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 29.8%, Walked only 7.4%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Truck 3.3% and Other 3.3%. 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 33.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Goolhi, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.9% provided care for children and 7.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 42.1% 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 Goolhi, 21.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Goolhi, 53.0% were couple families with children, 34.8% were couple families without children and 12.1% were one parent families.

In Goolhi 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Goolhi, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,218 and those without children was $1,042.

Employment status of couple families

In Goolhi, of couple families with children, 35.5% had both partners employed full-time, 6.5% had both employed part-time and 24.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Goolhi, 77.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Goolhi, 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 Goolhi, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 8.6% had 2 bedrooms and 37.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Goolhi, 41.5% were owned outright, 23.2% were owned with a mortgage and 28.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Goolhi, of all households, 80.0% were family households, 20.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Goolhi, 38.0% 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 Goolhi, 25.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Goolhi, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 37.5%) were male and 5 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Goolhi, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Goolhi, 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.