Greigs Flat

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 323 people in Greigs Flat of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Greigs Flat was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.9% of the population.

Of people in Greigs Flat aged 15 years and over, 61.5% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Greigs Flat was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Greigs Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Greigs Flat was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Greigs Flat 25.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.1% were in primary school, 19.5% in secondary school and 18.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Greigs Flat were Australian 32.6%, English 29.6%, Irish 11.0%, Scottish 8.7% and German 7.1%.

In Greigs Flat, 86.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, Croatia 0.9%, Denmark 0.9%, Fiji 0.9% and Germany 0.9%.

In Greigs Flat, 78.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Greigs Flat were No Religion 28.5%, Catholic 22.6%, Anglican 22.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.9% and Baptist 3.4%.

In Greigs Flat 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.9%, Danish 0.9%, Italian 0.9%, Croatian 0.9% and Fijian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 156 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Greigs Flat. Of these 49.4% were employed full time, 41.0% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Greigs Flat, 17.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Greigs Flat was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Greigs Flat included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.6%, Managers 17.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.0%, Professionals 11.8%, Labourers 11.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.5%, Sales Workers 7.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Greigs Flat, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Road Freight Transport 4.6%, Real Estate Services 4.6%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.6% and Building Completion Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Greigs Flat was $428.

In Greigs Flat, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 74.8%, Truck 2.6%, Car, as passenger 2.0%, Other 2.0% and Walked only 2.0%. 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 76.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Greigs Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.8% provided care for children and 15.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.8% 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 Greigs Flat, 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Greigs Flat, 32.3% were couple families with children, 53.5% were couple families without children and 14.1% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Greigs Flat, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,625 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Greigs Flat, of couple families with children, 16.9% had both partners employed full-time, 9.0% had both employed part-time and 15.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Greigs Flat, 86.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greigs Flat, 96.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.2% were other dwellings.

In Greigs Flat, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 10.5% had 2 bedrooms and 38.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greigs Flat, 50.8% were owned outright, 28.2% were owned with a mortgage and 17.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Greigs Flat, of all households, 80.6% were family households, 16.1% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Greigs Flat, 28.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Greigs Flat, 22.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Greigs Flat, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Greigs Flat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,433.

In Greigs Flat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.