Gwabegar

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 344 people in Gwabegar of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 25.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Gwabegar was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.8% of the population.

Of people in Gwabegar aged 15 years and over, 40.3% were married and 18.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gwabegar was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Gwabegar, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gwabegar was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Gwabegar 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.2% were in primary school, 26.2% in secondary school and 6.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gwabegar were Australian 46.1%, English 30.2%, Irish 6.1%, Scottish 5.2% and German 2.0%.

In Gwabegar, 95.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was New Zealand 1.7%.

In Gwabegar, 95.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gwabegar were Anglican 45.2%, Catholic 21.4%, No Religion 16.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.2% and Christian, nfd 3.8%.

In Gwabegar 98.3% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 120 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gwabegar. Of these 54.2% were employed full time, 22.5% were employed part-time and 10.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gwabegar, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gwabegar was 53 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Gwabegar included Managers 36.4%, Labourers 14.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Professionals 7.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.7% and Sales Workers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Gwabegar, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 33.3%, Road Freight Transport 8.3%, School Education 4.6%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 3.7% and Other Administrative Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gwabegar was $297.

In Gwabegar, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 42.6%, Truck 3.7%, Walked only 3.7%, Car, as passenger 2.8% and Car as driver, car as passenger 2.8%. 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 44.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gwabegar, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.6% provided care for children and 5.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.1% 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 Gwabegar, 16.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gwabegar, 43.4% were couple families with children, 41.0% were couple families without children and 15.7% were one parent families.

In Gwabegar 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gwabegar, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $900 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Gwabegar, of couple families with children, 18.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 10.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gwabegar, 66.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 33.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gwabegar, 95.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.3% were other dwellings.

In Gwabegar, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 21.0% had 2 bedrooms and 38.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gwabegar, 54.7% were owned outright, 16.8% were owned with a mortgage and 25.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Gwabegar, of all households, 57.2% were family households, 40.6% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Gwabegar, 58.4% 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 Gwabegar, 38.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gwabegar, there were 85 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 43 (or 50.6%) were male and 42 (or 49.4%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Gwabegar, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $574.

In Gwabegar, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $104 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $417.