Grattai

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 380 people in Grattai of these 56.6% were male and 43.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Grattai was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.2% of the population.

Of people in Grattai aged 15 years and over, 57.9% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Grattai was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Grattai, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Grattai was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Grattai 24.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.9% were in primary school, 31.9% in secondary school and 6.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Grattai were Australian 34.4%, English 31.0%, Scottish 8.8%, Irish 7.5% and German 3.2%.

In Grattai, 85.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.8%, France 0.8%, Germany 0.8% and Greece 0.8%.

In Grattai, 72.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Grattai were Anglican 34.5%, Catholic 21.5%, No Religion 19.4%, Christian, nfd 5.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Grattai 93.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.8%, Afrikaans 0.8%, French 0.8%, Greek 0.8% and Spanish 0.8%.

Employment

There were 182 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Grattai. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Grattai, 8.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Grattai was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Grattai included Managers 22.7%, Professionals 15.3%, Labourers 12.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Grattai, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.9%, School Education 8.0%, Coal Mining 5.1%, Residential Building Construction 4.5% and Local Government Administration 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Grattai was $421.

In Grattai, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 67.2%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Truck 1.7% and Truck, motorbike/scooter 1.7%. 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 75.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Grattai, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 8.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% 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 Grattai, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Grattai, 40.2% were couple families with children, 48.0% were couple families without children and 7.8% were one parent families.

In Grattai 36.4% of single parents were male and 63.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Grattai, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,536.

Employment status of couple families

In Grattai, of couple families with children, 15.6% had both partners employed full-time, 8.9% had both employed part-time and 21.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Grattai, 64.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 35.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grattai, 97.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.7% were other dwellings.

In Grattai, of occupied private dwellings 11.7% had 1 bedroom, 20.0% had 2 bedrooms and 29.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grattai, 51.7% were owned outright, 40.8% were owned with a mortgage and 5.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Grattai, of all households, 68.2% were family households, 27.7% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Grattai, 29.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 Grattai, 32.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Grattai, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 53.8%) were male and 6 (or 46.2%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Grattai, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Grattai, 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.